tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post4087582526696237354..comments2024-02-27T03:45:51.563-08:00Comments on James Russell: Wrecked Planes & Magnolia Trees: Paul Nash in OxfordJames Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-78903242687792078312013-11-12T00:20:18.685-08:002013-11-12T00:20:18.685-08:00James, Margaret Nash had a miscarriage, and they d...James, Margaret Nash had a miscarriage, and they didn't have any other child after that (for that reason).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-69862505795789271052013-06-12T23:53:00.338-07:002013-06-12T23:53:00.338-07:00Thanks Pam - I'll reply by email...Thanks Pam - I'll reply by email...James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-43895746732751722152013-06-12T14:12:56.773-07:002013-06-12T14:12:56.773-07:00James I wonder if you could help me? I was Preside...James I wonder if you could help me? I was President of the JCR in St Hilda's College, Oxford in June 1958 and we were offered an exhibition of Paul Nash paintings which I went, with a friend, to collect from a house in Oxford and which were displayed for some time in our Junior Common Room. I cant remember whom it was we collected them from , but it may well have been from his widow Margaret Odeh who presumably was still living in Banbury Road at that time (though I cant recall meeting her). Do you think this could have been the case? I remember being amazed by the stark war paintings ,mainly black and white in my memory, and presumably works which hadn't reached fame (or the sale room) by then. None of us undergraduates at the time realised what a well known artist he was... anything you could throw light on would be helpful , PamPamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-46353510001259848502012-08-04T04:03:06.249-07:002012-08-04T04:03:06.249-07:00The only published source, so far as I know, is Pa...The only published source, so far as I know, is Paul Nash's autobiography 'Outline', which has some wonderful material on Margaret as a young woman. It's still in print and well worth buyingJames Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-57789151763951041952012-08-03T07:00:02.713-07:002012-08-03T07:00:02.713-07:00James, I've been fascinated to learn about Mar...James, I've been fascinated to learn about Margaret. Would you recommend any further reading I could do to learn more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-9056735898580700992011-11-25T04:48:15.131-08:002011-11-25T04:48:15.131-08:00Margaret was quite a character, Philip - she more ...Margaret was quite a character, Philip - she more than anyone got Paul appointed a war artist in 1917. Not a woman who took no for an answer!<br /><br />Did I notice anything as an undergrad? Hmmm. No.James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-51903817895481791382011-11-24T09:49:18.444-08:002011-11-24T09:49:18.444-08:00Margaret was in the vanguard of Oxford women - it ...Margaret was in the vanguard of Oxford women - it wasn't until 1920 that women were allowed to be full members of the university and take proper degrees. <br /><br />Coincidentally, I lived a few doors away from that Banbury Road house when I was in my final undergraduate year. I'd no idea Nash lived there - maybe, back in the 1970s, there was no blue plaque. Or, equally likely, there was one but I just didn't notice it.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-1143028586582338712011-11-22T00:00:28.687-08:002011-11-22T00:00:28.687-08:00That's a very interesting point - they didn...That's a very interesting point - they didn't have children, nor is there any suggestion that they wanted to have them. John Nash (Paul's brother) and his wife Christine had a boy who died in awful circumstances, by falling out of their car.<br /><br />I don't know whether their sister, Barbara, had any.<br /><br />I suspect that any offspring of Paul and Margaret would have been, let us say, mildly eccentric...James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-10982661449263043882011-11-21T13:08:15.752-08:002011-11-21T13:08:15.752-08:00I'm assuming they didn't have any children...I'm assuming they didn't have any children? Just left wondering what kind of offspring two quite remarkable people like this would produce. Probably very settled, average sorts.lucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.com