James Pryde(1866-1941): William Nicholson (1897)

With a black line, a touch of grey and a dash of yellow, Pryde has managed to capture the dandified figure of Nicholson with unnerving economy in this striking lithograph. Pryde was born in Edinburgh and based much of his work on it's romantic and sinister past. In my opinion he is the greatest Scottish painter of the 20th Century - his handling of paint is second to none.

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