Kit Nicholson
| Christopher Nicholson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 December 1904 Pilgrim's Lane, Hampstead, London |
| Died | 28 July 1948 (aged 43) Samedan, Switzerland |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | architect |
| Years active | 1927–1939, 1946–1948 |
| Notable work |
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Christopher "Kit" David George Nicholson (16 December 1904 – 28 July 1948) was a British architect and designer of the early Modern Movement in Britain. His most notable works of the 1930s were comparable to the advanced modern abstract style of his older brother, the artist Ben Nicholson.
Kit Nicholson was born on 16 December 1904 at Pilgrim's Lane, Hampstead, the fourth child of the artists William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde. His siblings were the celebrated painter Ben (1894–1982); Anthony (1897–1918), who died of wounds in France during the First World War; and Annie Mary "Nancy" (1899–1978), artist and wife of the poet Robert Graves. Kit Nicholson was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, from 1917 to 1922, and then read architecture at St. John's College, Cambridge. In 1926 he won a one-year Davison Scholarship to study architecture at Princeton University.
After his return to Britain in 1927 he undertook several small architectural commissions. From 1929 to 1930 he taught at the School of Architecture, University of Cambridge; one of his pupils was Hugh Casson. Nicholson moved to London in 1931, and worked for Watson Hart and Val Myer. In December 1931 Nicholson married Elsie Queen Myers, usually known as EQ Nicholson, whom he had met in about 1930.
In 1933 Nicholson started his own architectural practice, in premises over a chemist's in the Fulham Road. Casson joined the practice in 1934, and EQ also worked there.
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