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Biography
The delightful rural works of John Nicolson share the spirit and style of his great friend and fellow printmaker Edmund Blampied. Both artists had been students together whilst at the London County Council Art School at Bolt Court, where both had learnt the arts of etching and engraving. More than this, Blampied had shared a house with John Nicolson and his wife in south London for some considerable time and during this period the two artists worked closely together. Both shared a common enthusiasm for horses and other farm animals, but especially for the working farm horse in its natural environment, and both developed remarkably similar graphic styles.
Like Edmund Blampied, John Nicolson possessed an exceptional natural talent as a printmaker; however, his sensitively drawn graphic works display a truly naturalistic charm which is distinct from Blampied’s manner and which reveals a deep passion for the true rural scene.
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