Ben Nicholson

Born in 1894 to a family of artists, Ben Nicholson's artistic path was perhaps destined, though his early training at the Slade School of Fine Art in London was, by his own admission, more focused on billiards than painting. He claimed the abstract formality of the green baize and the shifting relationships of the balls held more aesthetic appeal. This early inclination towards abstract forms would foreshadow his later groundbreaking work. Nicholson's career truly took fligh…