Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 625,000+ artworks, 56,000+ artists, and 850+ 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

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

1928 (foothills, Cumberland)

1928 (foothills, Cumberland)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1928

Feb 28-53 (vertical seconds)

Feb 28-53 (vertical seconds)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1953

San Gimignano

San Gimignano

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1966

Rafael

Rafael

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1967

Dec 62 (interlocking)

Dec 62 (interlocking)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1962

June 1937 (painting)

June 1937 (painting)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1937

Foxy and Frankie (1)

Foxy and Frankie (1)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1933

Pälastra

Pälastra

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1965

1943-45 (St Ives, Cornwall)

1943-45 (St Ives, Cornwall)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1943

1922 (bread)

1922 (bread)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1922

Feb 55

Feb 55

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1955

66 (vertical wall)

66 (vertical wall)

Nicholson, Ben, OM, 1966