Sunday, 24 May 2015

C W Nevinson


C W Nevinson



Hampstead, London he was born

in education rather forlorn.

Uppingham, Rutland away from home

he hated it, bored, felt alone.



Back to London, St Johns Wood

an art school the company good.

Then the Slade School he made a start

its head advised him to abandon art.



Off to France and the Paris set

Vladimir Lenin and Picasso he met.

Back to London and war broke out

in France too many Germans about.



Nevinson joined an ambulance unit

up front in the thick of it.

In quiet times he'd paint, draw

for his best work he needed war.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZTgC5-DLxo


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