Painted Relief

1933–1939

London: contacts with Mondrian and Gabo

In 1933–1939 Nicholson lives in London and keeps up creative contacts with Piet Mondrian and Naum Gabo; Mondrian’s neoplastic style, which he first met on visits to Paris, steers him in an abstract direction.

1937

Co-edits “Circle”, a publication on constructivism

In 1937 Nicholson is one of the editors of the influential publication “Circle”, devoted to constructivism.

1937

Joins the group Abstraction-Création

In 1937 Nicholson joins the group Abstraction-Création.

1938

Married: Barbara Hepworth

1938

Divorce from Winifred Nicholson

In 1938 Nicholson is divorced from the painter Winifred Nicholson (other accounts say their marriage lasted from 1920 to 1933); the same year he marries Barbara Hepworth.

1939

Moves with Hepworth to St Ives

In 1939 Nicholson moves with his wife, the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, to the Cornish town of St Ives, where they found a centre of abstract art; he lives for 19 years at Trezion, Salubrious Place.