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Wood studied architecture at Liverpool University, where he met Augustus John, who encouraged him to be a painter. He trained to be a painter in Paris, where he met Picasso and Diaghilev, and he travelled around Europe and north Africa between 1922 and 1924. He met Ben Nicholson in 1926; Nicholson's dedication to his work had a great influence and Wood subsequently exhibited with him. Like Nicholson, he admired Alfred Wallis. He painted coastal scenes, and his finest works are considered to be those painted in Britanny. Addicted to opium, he fell under a train in 1930, either by accident or design. Augustus John (January 4, 1878_October 13, 1961) was a Welsh painter. ... Young Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles dAvignon (1907) Guernica (1937) Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism. ... Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Сергей Павлович Дягилев) (March 19, 1872 – August 19, 1929), often known as Serge, was a Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which many famous dancers and choreographers would later arise. ... Ben Nicholson (April 10, 1894 - February 6, 1982), British abstract painter, was born in Denham, Buckinghamshire. ... Alfred Wallis (18 August 1855 - 29 August 1942) was an English fisherman and artist. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Bibliography

• Alfred Wallis, Christopher Wood, Ben Nicholson. Scottish Arts Council, 1987. ISBN 0850318491
• Button, Virginia. Christopher Wood. London: Tate, 2003. ISBN 1854374664
• Cariou, Andre. Christopher Wood: A Painter Between Two Cornwalls. London: Tate, 1996. ISBN 1854372246
• Faulks, Sebastian. The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives: Christopher Wood, Richard Hillary, Jeremy Wolfenden. London: Hutchinson, 1996.
• Ingleby, Richard. Christopher Wood: An English Painter. London: Allison & Busby, 1995. ISBN 0850318491 (hard) ISBN 0749002638 (paper)
• Mason, William. Christopher Wood: The Minories, Colchester. London: Arts Council, 1979. ISBN 0728701928
• Newton, Eric. Christopher Wood, 1901–1930. London: Redfern Gallery, 1938.
• Newton, Eric. Christopher Wood: His Life and Work. London: Zwemmer, 1959.

See also

• List of British artists