Born 1901 – Died 1930

Wood was born in Liverpool. Through extended visits to Paris between 1921 and 1924 he came into contact with the European avant-garde, meeting Picasso and Jean Cocteau in 1923. In Britain he became close friends with Ben and Winifred Nicholson, painting with them in Cumberland in 1928. That year he also met Alfred Wallis on a visit to St. Ives with Ben Nicholson, and lived near Wallis for several months. He first visited Brittany in 1929, returning in 1930. During his Parisian years Wood was introduced to opium by Cocteau. He became addicted to it and was under the drug’s influence when he was killed by a train at Salisbury station.

Works by this artist in the permanent collection

• Allegory (reserve collection)
• Boy with Cat (Jean Bourgoint) (displayed)
• Building the Boat, Tréboul (displayed)
• Cumberland Landscape (Northrigg Hill) (reserve collection)
• Fishermen and Boats (reserve collection)
• Flowers (reserve collection)
• Flowers (displayed)
• Houses and River, Bath (reserve collection)
• Landscape (reserve collection)
• Landscape at Vence (displayed)
• Landscape at Vence – Little White House (displayed)
• Landscape with Figures (displayed)
• Le Phare (displayed)
• Paris Snow Scene (displayed)
• Pier Hotel, Chelsea (reserve collection)
• Self-Portrait (displayed)
• Ship in Harbour (reserve collection)
• Ship in Harbour (displayed)
• Sketchbook (reserve collection)
• St. Ives (reserve collection)
• Stage design for Diaghilev’s ballet, Romeo and Juliet (reserve collection)
• Stage design for Diaghilev’s ballet, Romeo and Juliet (reserve collection)
• Stage design for Diaghilev’s ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Scene Two) (reserve collection)
• Stage design for Diaghilev’s ballet, Romeo and Juliet (Scene Two) (reserve collection)
• Ulysses and the Sirens (aka Mermaids) (displayed)