[1] Nicholson attended the Byam Shaw School of Art in London from about 1910[1] or 1912[4] until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, and again from 1918 to 1919.

[4] In 1924, Nicholson, who believed that she was unable to conceive, joined the Christian Science movement, which was in vogue in Britain at that time.

[6]: 19  By the time of Kate's birth, there were tensions in the marriage, and these were exacerbated by the suicide of their close friend, the painter Kit Wood, in August 1930.

[5] In Paris she formed friendships with a number of modernist and abstract artists, among them Hans Arp, Constantin Brancusi, César Domela, Jean Hélion and Piet Mondrian.

[citation needed] Her auction record of £200,000 was set at Sotheby's auction house in London in November 2016 for her 1928 oil and coloured pencil on panel St Ives' Harbour, from David Bowie's collection – the pop star had bought the work at Christie's in 1994.