"Student journeys which were important to me were Sicily, Greece, and Egypt, where I really saw these buildings, and that is where you're able to grasp what things mean."

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Source: Peter Khoroche, Ben Nicholson (2002). “Ben Nicholson: drawings and painted reliefs”, Lund Humphries Publishers

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Ben Nicholson

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Ben Nicholson was a British painter known for his innovative landscapes and still lifes, merging abstraction with a unique perception of light.

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