Dale Nichols

Dale Nichols studied at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Employment is recorded with University of Illinois System. Work by Dale Nichols is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Detroit Institute of Arts.

• Name — Dale William Nichols • Born — July 13, 1904 • Birthplace — David City, Nebraska • Died — October 19, 1995 (aged 91) • Place of death — Sedona, Arizona • Education — Chicago Academy of Fine Arts • Occupation — Artist

Dale William Nichols was born on July 13, 1904, in the small town of David City, Nebraska. He began his career as an artist while studying at Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and spent the greater part of the 1920s and 1930s in Chicago, later becoming the Carnegie Professor in Art at the University of Illinois. Nichols would then take a position in 1943 as the art editor of the Encyclopædia 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. One reviewer wrote: "Subjects he prefers are the prairie landscapes of his youth, usually snowed under. These famed smooth snow effects Artist Nichols gets by laying on his oils in a thin film with watercolor brushes."

Dale Nichols is recorded with the occupation painter. It is also recorded that dale Nichols is recorded with the occupation lithographer. It is also recorded that dale Nichols is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded as a citizen of United States. Recorded with the gender male. Born on 13 July 1904. Institutional cataloguing adds that dale Nichols died on 19 October 1995.