Edmund Nelson

January 24, 1910 (age 96)

During World World War II he served in the Royal Air Force in Egypt. Edmund Nelson"s painting career flourished between 1949 and 1956, after which time traditional paintings were viewed as out of fashion. Nelson taught Art in a school at South Wootton, Norfolk. Edmund created a muse-like pastel portrait of the daughter of neighbours who lived over the road. That portrait still hangs in her Swiss home. Ruth and Edmund also had a holiday home in Selsey. Their homes were comfortable places where creativity and discussion were encouraged. His portraits of Cambridge intellectuals, G. M. Trevelyan and East. M. Forster and cricketers such as C. B. Fry now hang in the Committee Room at Lord"son After retirement in 1970, the Nelsons moved to Selsey in Sussex.

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Edmund Nelson was educated at Goldsmiths College in London.

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During World World War II he served in the Royal Air Force in Egypt. Edmund Nelson"s painting career flourished between 1949 and 1956, after which time traditional paintings were viewed as out of fashion. Nelson taught Art in a school at South Wootton, Norfolk.

Edmund created a muse-like pastel portrait of the daughter of neighbours who lived over the road.

That portrait still hangs in her Swiss home. Ruth and Edmund also had a holiday home in Selsey.

Their homes were comfortable places where creativity and discussion were encouraged. His portraits of Cambridge intellectuals, G. M. Trevelyan and East. M. Forster and cricketers such as C. B. Fry now hang in the Committee Room at Lord"son

After retirement in 1970, the Nelsons moved to Selsey in Sussex.

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Nelson"s portrait of his wife won the prize for the best portrait in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1947.

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