Until he died in 1946, Painter Paul Nash had escaped official honors. The retrospective show of his paintings at London's Tate Gallery last week was a national accolade, and it made Nash the talk of the town.
Along with the Lord Chancellor (Viscount Jowitt) and Sir Stafford Cripps, Queen Elizabeth herself had attended the posh but chilly opening (there was a stokers' strike). The 68 oils and 76 water colors on exhibition brightened the gallery air and thawed most critics' reserve. "What other British artist of this generation," asked the Sunday Times, "could fill...
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