David Nash
- Reference:GB 2610 GMA A19
- Dates of Creation:1988
- Physical Description:0.5 linear metresDrawing
Scope and Content
Sketches and documentation for: 'Sycamores, Chestnuts and Oaks above the Water of Leith'; planted in the grounds at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, John Watson's site 1988.
1 x portfolio of 13 charcoal and crayon drawings.
Administrative / Biographical History
David Nash is internationally known as a sculptor working with wood, fallen or uprooted trees, to form large, dramatic and tactile sculptures. David Nash was born in Esher, Surrey in 1945. He studied at Kingston College of Art from 1963 - 1967 and then at Chelsea School of Art from 1969 - 1970. He taught at a number of art colleges and universities, including Newcastle Polytechnic, the Royal College of Art and Dublin College of Art. In 1969 Nash took over an old chapel in Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales and created wooden sculptures in the surrounding woods. Initially painted or stained, but latterly using the natural colour and contours, these took the form of clams, pods and tables, sometimes in series. He also established a field centre in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Since 1967 his sculpture has formed two distinctive groupings; sculptures which connect with the outside and works which are presented inside and in relation to architectural environments.
Access Information
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Conditions Governing Use
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Custodial History
Presented by the artist 1988 and 1991.
Related Material
The SNGMA Collection holds works by Nash