Edmund Nelson (painter)
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Edmund Nelson was a painter
whose portrait
s of Cambridge
intellectuals, including G. M. Trevelyan
and E. M. Forster
, were complemented by those of cricketers (his C. B. Fry now hangs in the Committee Room at Lord's) and artists. His portrait of his wife won the prize for the best portrait in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
of 1947.
Edmund Nelson spent much of his married life in a semi-detached house in Carlton Avenue East, Wembley, Middlesex. Here he and his wife Ruth raised their two children Jane and Martin. Ruth grew vegetables in the garden and made her own bread, again unusual for that period perhaps better known for the introduction of Wonderbread in the newly opening supermarkets! She was also an accomplished pianist. Edmund taught Art in a near-by school and they both lived simply but comfortably. Their home was furnished in an attractive, and for the time, avant garde style incorporating rustic charm with many Arts and Crafts movement pieces. Edmund created a muse-like pastel portrait of the daughter of neighbours who lived over the road; that portrait still hangs in her Swiss home. The famous prize-winning life-size portrait of Ruth hung in an alcove in their bedroom. Ruth and Edmund also had a holiday home in Selsey, furnished in a similar style but with secret corners in the garden where their children and friends could create dens in bamboos and play imaginatively. Their homes were comfortable places where creativity and discussion were encouraged.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
whose portrait
Portrait
thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
s of Cambridge
Cambridge
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intellectuals, including G. M. Trevelyan
G. M. Trevelyan
George Macaulay Trevelyan, OM, CBE, FRS, FBA , was a British historian. Trevelyan was the third son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, and great-nephew of Thomas Babington Macaulay, whose staunch liberal Whig principles he espoused in accessible works of literate narrative avoiding a...
and E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society...
, were complemented by those of cricketers (his C. B. Fry now hangs in the Committee Room at Lord's) and artists. His portrait of his wife won the prize for the best portrait in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy summer exhibition
The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the summer months of June, July, and August...
of 1947.
Edmund Nelson spent much of his married life in a semi-detached house in Carlton Avenue East, Wembley, Middlesex. Here he and his wife Ruth raised their two children Jane and Martin. Ruth grew vegetables in the garden and made her own bread, again unusual for that period perhaps better known for the introduction of Wonderbread in the newly opening supermarkets! She was also an accomplished pianist. Edmund taught Art in a near-by school and they both lived simply but comfortably. Their home was furnished in an attractive, and for the time, avant garde style incorporating rustic charm with many Arts and Crafts movement pieces. Edmund created a muse-like pastel portrait of the daughter of neighbours who lived over the road; that portrait still hangs in her Swiss home. The famous prize-winning life-size portrait of Ruth hung in an alcove in their bedroom. Ruth and Edmund also had a holiday home in Selsey, furnished in a similar style but with secret corners in the garden where their children and friends could create dens in bamboos and play imaginatively. Their homes were comfortable places where creativity and discussion were encouraged.