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| birth_name = Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson
| birth_name = Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson
| birth_date = 1899
| birth_date = 1899
| birth_place = [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]], [[England]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?datasetname=england+%26+wales+births+1837-2006&firstname=annie+mary+p&lastname=nicholson&eventyear=1899&eventyear_offset=0|title=Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006|website=www.findmypast.co.uk}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]], England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?datasetname=england+%26+wales+births+1837-2006&firstname=annie+mary+p&lastname=nicholson&eventyear=1899&eventyear_offset=0|title=Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006|website=www.findmypast.co.uk}}</ref>
| death_date = 1977
| death_date = 1977
| death_place = [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]], England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?datasetname=england+%26+wales+deaths+1837-2007&firstname=annie+mary+p&lastname=nicholson&eventyear=1977&eventyear_offset=0&yearofbirth=1899&yearofbirth_offset=1|title=Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007|website=www.findmypast.co.uk}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]], England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?datasetname=england+%26+wales+deaths+1837-2007&firstname=annie+mary+p&lastname=nicholson&eventyear=1977&eventyear_offset=0&yearofbirth=1899&yearofbirth_offset=1|title=Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007|website=www.findmypast.co.uk}}</ref>
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'''Annie "Nancy" Mary Pryde Nicholson''' (1899–1977) was an [[English people|English]] [[painting|painter]] and fabric designer.
'''Annie "Nancy" Mary Pryde Nicholson''' (1899–1977) was an English painter and fabric designer.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson, she was the only daughter of the artists [[William Nicholson (artist)|Sir William Nicholson]] and [[Mabel Pryde]]. She had three brothers, artist [[Ben Nicholson]], architect [[Christopher Nicholson]] and Anthony, who was killed in action in 1918 in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thelightbox.org/blog/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509160621/http://thelightbox.org/blog/ |archive-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Born Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson, she was the only daughter of the artists [[William Nicholson (artist)|Sir William Nicholson]] and [[Mabel Pryde]]. She had three brothers, artist [[Ben Nicholson]], architect [[Christopher Nicholson]] and Anthony, who was killed in action in 1918 in the First World War.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thelightbox.org/blog/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509160621/http://thelightbox.org/blog/ |archive-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Robert Graves==
==Robert Graves==
Nancy married the poet [[Robert Graves]] in 1918. The following year, Graves started as a student in [[Oxford University|Oxford]]. The couple lived in a cottage on [[Boars Hill]] in [[Oxford]], which they rented from the author [[John Masefield]]. In 1920, in partnership with a neighbour, The Hon. Mrs Michael Howard, Nancy set up a small grocer's shop, next door to the Masefields' house. Alarmed by the tourists it attracted, Mrs Masefield opposed its takeover by an Oxford firm, and the project collapsed after six months, leaving heavy debts settled only with the help of friends and family. In disgust, Graves and Nancy moved to the village of [[Islip, Oxfordshire|Islip]], the other side of Oxford.
Nancy married the poet [[Robert Graves]] in 1918. The following year, Graves started as a student in [[Oxford University]]. The couple lived in a cottage on [[Boars Hill]] in [[Oxford]], which they rented from the author [[John Masefield]]. In 1920, in partnership with a neighbour, The Hon. Mrs Michael Howard, Nancy set up a small grocer's shop, next door to the Masefields' house. Alarmed by the tourists it attracted, Mrs Masefield opposed its takeover by an Oxford firm, and the project collapsed after six months, leaving heavy debts settled only with the help of friends and family. In disgust, Graves and Nancy moved to the village of [[Islip, Oxfordshire|Islip]], the other side of Oxford.


A lifelong feminist, Nancy used to cycle to Oxfordshire villages and set up a stall to explain to women how to use [[contraception]], when it was still illegal. Her open-mindedness led her to accept a triangular relationship, and from early 1926 [[Laura Riding]] lived with her and Graves in London<ref>Deborah Barker, ''In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding'' (1993), p. 95.</ref> The marriage eventually broke down, as Graves increasingly favoured Riding, leaving Nancy to bring up the four children of the marriage alone,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.godaddy.com/domain-auctions/booksfactory-com-378579195|title=booksfactory.com is available to buy &#124; GoDaddy Auctions|website=www.godaddy.com}}</ref> in a succession of locations, including [[Cumberland]] and a further spell on Boars Hill. Nancy and Graves legally divorced in 1949.
A lifelong feminist, Nancy used to cycle to Oxfordshire villages and set up a stall to explain to women how to use [[contraception]], when it was still illegal. Her open-mindedness led her to accept a triangular relationship, and from early 1926 [[Laura Riding]] lived with her and Graves in London<ref>Deborah Barker, ''In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding'' (1993), p. 95.</ref> The marriage eventually broke down, as Graves increasingly favoured Riding, leaving Nancy to bring up the four children of the marriage alone,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.godaddy.com/domain-auctions/booksfactory-com-378579195|title=booksfactory.com is available to buy &#124; GoDaddy Auctions|website=www.godaddy.com}}</ref> in a succession of locations, including [[Cumberland]] and a further spell on Boars Hill. Nancy and Graves legally divorced in 1949.

Revision as of 11:19, 24 July 2021

Nancy Nicholson
Born
Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson

1899
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England[1]
Died1977
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England[2]
Known forfabric design

Annie "Nancy" Mary Pryde Nicholson (1899–1977) was an English painter and fabric designer.

Early life

Born Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson, she was the only daughter of the artists Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde. She had three brothers, artist Ben Nicholson, architect Christopher Nicholson and Anthony, who was killed in action in 1918 in the First World War.[3]

Robert Graves

Nancy married the poet Robert Graves in 1918. The following year, Graves started as a student in Oxford University. The couple lived in a cottage on Boars Hill in Oxford, which they rented from the author John Masefield. In 1920, in partnership with a neighbour, The Hon. Mrs Michael Howard, Nancy set up a small grocer's shop, next door to the Masefields' house. Alarmed by the tourists it attracted, Mrs Masefield opposed its takeover by an Oxford firm, and the project collapsed after six months, leaving heavy debts settled only with the help of friends and family. In disgust, Graves and Nancy moved to the village of Islip, the other side of Oxford.

A lifelong feminist, Nancy used to cycle to Oxfordshire villages and set up a stall to explain to women how to use contraception, when it was still illegal. Her open-mindedness led her to accept a triangular relationship, and from early 1926 Laura Riding lived with her and Graves in London[4] The marriage eventually broke down, as Graves increasingly favoured Riding, leaving Nancy to bring up the four children of the marriage alone,[5] in a succession of locations, including Cumberland and a further spell on Boars Hill. Nancy and Graves legally divorced in 1949.

Publishing and textile design

After a period in the early 1930s living with Geoffrey Taylor[6] on a houseboat moored in Hammersmith, Nancy set up the Poulk Press,[7] in which she collaborated for a time with him. They lived near Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, in a timber house designed by Nancy and built with family labour.[8] Her relationship with Taylor lasted five years.[9] She worked at this period with her brother Ben and his wife Barbara Hepworth on textiles.

Undeterred by the failure of the Boars Hill shop, in the 1940s she ran a business in Motcomb Street, London. Her designs influenced her sister-in-law EQ Nicholson.[10] Her work was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1976.

Notes

  1. ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006". www.findmypast.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007". www.findmypast.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2011-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Deborah Barker, In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding (1993), p. 95.
  5. ^ "booksfactory.com is available to buy | GoDaddy Auctions". www.godaddy.com.
  6. ^ "Ricorso: Digital materials for the study and appreciation of Anglo-Irish Literature". www.ricorso.net.
  7. ^ Lesley Jackson, 20th Century Pattern Design: Textile & Wallpaper Pioneers (2002), p. 70.
  8. ^ Terence Brown, Ireland's Literature: Selected Essays (1988), p. 144.
  9. ^ Barker, p. 213.
  10. ^ The Nicholsons: A Story of Four People and their Designs, p. 56.
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