Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 1,000,000+ artworks, 85,000+ artists, and 1,800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

1924 (first abstract painting, Chelsea) by Nicholson, Ben, OM — VisualArtsDB

Home
1924 (first abstract painting, Chelsea)

1924 (first abstract painting, Chelsea)

1924 (first abstract painting, Chelsea)

Nicholson, Ben, OM

1923

Medium: Oil paint and graphite on canvas
Dimensions: support: 554 x 612 mm frame: 765 x 825 x 75 mm
Museum: Tate

More by Nicholson, Ben, OM

May 1962 (Urbino - footsteps in the dust)

May 1962 (Urbino - footsteps in the dust)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1962

Nov 78 (forms)

Nov 78 (forms)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1978

Dec 62 (interlocking)

Dec 62 (interlocking)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1962

Sept 61 (Paros chapel)

Sept 61 (Paros chapel)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1961

St Ives from Trezion

St Ives from Trezion

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1967

three goblets

three goblets

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1967

San Gimignano

San Gimignano

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1966

20 April 1979 (vertical stripe)

20 April 1979 (vertical stripe)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1979

glass topped bottle

glass topped bottle

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1967

Turkish form

Turkish form

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1967

abstract

abstract

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1934

1943-45 (St Ives, Cornwall)

1943-45 (St Ives, Cornwall)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1943