Minneapolis Institute of Art

Genesis: Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the first Chapter of Genesis in the Authorized Version

Paul Nash; Publisher: The Nonesuch Press, Soho, London

Date

1924

Medium

Wood engravings, letterpress, bound volume

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Paul Nash was a pioneer of modernism in Britain. An official war artist during both World Wars, he experimented with a range of avant-garde styles during his career, culminating in 1933 when he helped found Unit One, an influential group of British surrealists that included Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, and Barbara Hepworth. Considered to be among his finest engravings, Nash produced the stark monochromatic illustrations for Genesis during a period when he moved toward semi-abstraction. Nash's illustrations also show the influence of Cubism and Vorticism, particularly in their fragmented space and sense of dynamic movement. England, Europe

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