Nina Hamnett
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Born: February 14, 1890, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Parents: George Edward Hamnett (an army officer) and Mary Elizabeth De Blois. Early education at a private boarding school in Westgate-on-Sea and later at the Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army in Bath, Somerset (1902-1905). Studied at the Pelham Art School (1906-1907) and the London School of Art (until 1910), developing skills in portraiture and landscape painting. Moved to Montparnasse, Paris, in 1914 to study at Marie Vassilieff's Academy, immersing herself in th…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Nina Hamnett's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.