A ROOM WITH A VIEW: Paul Nash’s ‘Skylight Landscape’ (1941) is a painting of the view across to the Malvern Hills. It has such a strange composition, for it is framed by the opening mechanism of the window. It makes us feel like we’re up high seeking out an imperfect peek at a sublime scene. It was painted at Madams, the home of his friend and great patron Clare Neilson, near Newent in Gloucestershire. The celebrated ‘Monster Field’ was on the adjacent farm, and Clare collected numerous works by him, most notably ‘Event on the Downs’ now in the @govartcol - much of their correspondence, photographs and works on paper were donated to @pallanthousegallery through @artfund by her godson Jeremy Greenwood and his partner Alan Swerdlow. Amongst them are photographs of Nash at this window - for he created a kind of studio in the space from where he painted the view across to the Malvern Hills. It reflects Nash’s interest in the interplay of objects and landscape, which is almost metaphysical. Jeremy remembers meeting Nash when he was staying at Madame as child during the war, and watching him paint. This is part of our displays in the 18th century townhouse - amongst a group of works including Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Tristan Hillier and John Armstrong. #paulnash #interior #malvern #landscape #neoromantic #clareneilson #modernism #modernbritishart #arthistory #pallanthousegallery (at Pallant House Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFgh2FOF_jM/?igshid=evuxejbrrpcn