William Nicholson, also known as Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson, was a British artist celebrated for his painting and printmaking in techniques including woodcut, wood-engraving, and lithography.

Grumpy patriarch is never the best of looks, and certainly not in these identity-obsessed times. William Nicholson begat one of art’s most dynamic dynasties: as father of the leading modernist Ben ...

The painter William Nicholson is a largely forgotten figure these days, said James Beechey in The Art Newspaper. Known for his “bravura brushwork” and his singular ability to capture the effect of ...