Nash family

The Artist and the Archaeologist: A Presentation in Memory of Christopher and Sonia Hawkes

“…Next to it grows a convolvulus plant, noted for the way that its bell-like flowers follow the sun across the sky each sunny day, while its stems twist the other way, reflecting the turning of the earth. 7 Nash knew of this folklore from the work he did in illustrating Sir Thomas Browne's Urne Burial in 1932.…”

'Cultivating dead trees': The legacy of Paul Nash as an artist of trauma, wilderness and recovery

“…His understanding of decay and regeneration, and the cyclic concept of death and life through nature -both formalized and informal -will be the connective tissue throughout this paper, and links the major themes of representation, recovery and design that are at the heart of the National Memorial project at Alrewas. (Causey 1970) Paul Nash: 'this tree sense'…”