William Nicholson
Painter and printmaker
English painter and printmaker, one half of the poster duo the Beggarstaffs.
William Nicholson studied briefly at an art school in Paris and married James Pryde’s sister. Together they made posters as the Beggarstaffs.
He later became known for woodcuts, still lifes and portraits, and for the illustrations to the children’s book The Velveteen Rabbit.