Dale Nichols was an American visual artist whose work included illustrations, painting, lithographs and wood carvings. He is best know for his work as a rural landscape painter. Nichols works is often classified with that of other regional American landscape artist, including Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benson.
Dale Nichols began his career as an artist while studying at Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He spent the greater part of the 1920s and 1930s in Chicago, later becoming the Carnegie Professor of Art at the University of Illinois. Nichols would the take a position in 1943 as the Art Editor of Encyclopedia Britannica. Upon leaving his post at Britannica, Nichols spent the remainder of his life traveling, splitting the majority of his time between Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska and Guatemala.
In September 1939, Nichols was featured in Time Magazine. Said one Time Reviewer in that issue, "Subjects he prefers are the prairie landscaped of his youth, usually snowed under. These famed smooth snow effects Artist Nichols gets by laying on his oils in a thin film with water color brushes."
Nichols paintings are displayed in many public and private collections throughout the country, including the Chicago Art Institute. He is most famous oil painting, "The End of the Hunt" hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
His art was published on postcards sold by the United States Postal Service in 1995. Three of Nichols paintings are now listed in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Museum of Nebraska Art features four of his large oil paints along with four lithographs and four sketches.
Dale Nichols began his career as an artist while studying at Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He spent the greater part of the 1920s and 1930s in Chicago, later becoming the Carnegie Professor of Art at the University of Illinois. Nichols would the take a position in 1943 as the Art Editor of Encyclopedia Britannica. Upon leaving his post at Britannica, Nichols spent the remainder of his life traveling, splitting the majority of his time between Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska and Guatemala.
In September 1939, Nichols was featured in Time Magazine. Said one Time Reviewer in that issue, "Subjects he prefers are the prairie landscaped of his youth, usually snowed under. These famed smooth snow effects Artist Nichols gets by laying on his oils in a thin film with water color brushes."
Nichols paintings are displayed in many public and private collections throughout the country, including the Chicago Art Institute. He is most famous oil painting, "The End of the Hunt" hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
His art was published on postcards sold by the United States Postal Service in 1995. Three of Nichols paintings are now listed in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Museum of Nebraska Art features four of his large oil paints along with four lithographs and four sketches.
Dale Nichols was an American visual artist whose work included illustrations, painting, lithographs and wood carvings. He is best know for his work as a rural landscape painter. Nichols works is often classified with that of other regional American landscape artist, including Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benson.
Dale Nichols began his career as an artist while studying at Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He spent the greater part of the 1920s and 1930s in Chicago, later becoming the Carnegie Professor of Art at the University of Illinois. Nichols would the take a position in 1943 as the Art Editor of Encyclopedia Britannica. Upon leaving his post at Britannica, Nichols spent the remainder of his life traveling, splitting the majority of his time between Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska and Guatemala.
In September 1939, Nichols was featured in Time Magazine. Said one Time Reviewer in that issue, "Subjects he prefers are the prairie landscaped of his youth, usually snowed under. These famed smooth snow effects Artist Nichols gets by laying on his oils in a thin film with water color brushes."
Nichols paintings are displayed in many public and private collections throughout the country, including the Chicago Art Institute. He is most famous oil painting, "The End of the Hunt" hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
His art was published on postcards sold by the United States Postal Service in 1995. Three of Nichols paintings are now listed in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Museum of Nebraska Art features four of his large oil paints along with four lithographs and four sketches.
Dale Nichols began his career as an artist while studying at Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He spent the greater part of the 1920s and 1930s in Chicago, later becoming the Carnegie Professor of Art at the University of Illinois. Nichols would the take a position in 1943 as the Art Editor of Encyclopedia Britannica. Upon leaving his post at Britannica, Nichols spent the remainder of his life traveling, splitting the majority of his time between Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska and Guatemala.
In September 1939, Nichols was featured in Time Magazine. Said one Time Reviewer in that issue, "Subjects he prefers are the prairie landscaped of his youth, usually snowed under. These famed smooth snow effects Artist Nichols gets by laying on his oils in a thin film with water color brushes."
Nichols paintings are displayed in many public and private collections throughout the country, including the Chicago Art Institute. He is most famous oil painting, "The End of the Hunt" hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
His art was published on postcards sold by the United States Postal Service in 1995. Three of Nichols paintings are now listed in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Museum of Nebraska Art features four of his large oil paints along with four lithographs and four sketches.
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