Biography
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1901
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Born in Liverpool
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1919-20
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Studied architecture and medicine at Liverpool University
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1920
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Moved to London
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1921
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Moved to Paris, enrolled at the Académie Julian
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1923
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Met Cocteau, Picasso, and Diaghilev in Paris
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1922-24
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Travelled around Europe and North Africa
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1926
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Joined the Seven and Five Society and the London Group, met Ben and Winifred Nicholson in St. Ives
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Produced unused set designs for Diaghilev
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1927
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Exhibited at the Beaux Arts Gallery with Ben and Winifred Nicholson; failed elopement with Meraud Guinness
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1929
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Solo exhibition at Tooth's Gallery
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1930
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Joint show with Nicholson at the Galerie Bernheim, Paris; committed suicide
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1931
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Memorial exhibition at the Wertheim Gallery
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1932
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Memorial exhibition at the Lefebvre Galleries
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1938
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Major retrospectives at the Redfern Gallery and New Burlington Galleries
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Selected solo exhibitions
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1929
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Tooth’s Gallery, London
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1931
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Wertheim Gallery, London
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1932
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Lefebvre Galleries, London
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1936
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1938
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Redfern Gallery, London
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New Burlington Galleries, London
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1941
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1948
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1959
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1966
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
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1972
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Mercury Gallery, London
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1979
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Blond Fine Art, London
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1981
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Mercury Gallery, London
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1983
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Parkin Gallery, London
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Selected group exhibitions
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1924
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Heals Art Gallery, London
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1927
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Beaux Arts Gallery, London
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1930
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Galerie Georges Berheim, Paris
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1935
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Mayor Gallery, London
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1937
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1940
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National Gallery, London
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1950
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Bournemouth Arts Society
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1956
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Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
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1968
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Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
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1974
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Scottish Arts Council
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1980
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Hayward Gallery, London
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1987
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Scottish Arts Council
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1989
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Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
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Selected collections
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Aberdeen Art Gallery
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Arts Council of Great Britain
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Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
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Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
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Leeds City Art Gallery
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Musée des Beaux Arts, Quimper
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Philipps Collection, Washington D.C.
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Scottish National Gallery
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Southampton Art Gallery
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Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
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Selected Publications
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Newton, E. (introduction), 'Christopher Wood 1901- 1930', London: Redfern Gallery, 1938
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Newton, E., 'Christopher Wood: His Life and Work', London: Redfern Gallery, 1959
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Clough, P., 'Paintings and Drawings by Christopher Wood', Cambridge: Kettle's Yard Gallery, 1974
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Mason, W. (introduction), 'Christopher Wood', London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979
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Ingleby, R., 'Christopher Wood: An English Painter', London: Allison & Busby, 1995
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Cariou, A., 'Christopher Wood: a painter between two Cornwalls', London: Tate Gallery Publishing, 1997
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Button, V., 'Christopher Wood', London: Tate, 2003
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Goodchild, A. (ed.), 'Dear Winifred: Letters to Winifred and Ben Nicholson', Bristol: Sansom & Company, 2013
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