American Painter Henry Hobart Nichols Jr. (1869 - 1962) A Pair Of Paintings

Henry Hobart Nichols Jr. (1869 - 1962) American Painter. A Pair Of Paintings "Landscape with river and village in the background"
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50 cm x 75 cm
Dimensions with frame: 63cm x 88cm
Framed in a gilt frame
Both paintings are signed and dated 1890
Very good condition
Henry Hobart Nichols Jr. (May 1, 1869 – August 13, 1962) was an American landscape painter and illustrator. Nichols was born to Henry Hobart and Indiana Jay Nichols on May 1, 1869 in Washington, D.C. He studied under Howard Hemlock and Edmund Clarence Messer[3] at the Art Students League of Washington and later, completed in 1905, des studies with Caludio Castelucho at the Académie Julian in Paris.

Nichols began his career as an illustrator for the US Geological Survey where he remained for 15 years, building his fine art career in his spare time. Eventually, he became known for his landscapes rendered in oil or watercolor. His great-niece, Barbara Sussman's description of his great-uncle's work repeats the themes of so many of his viewers throughout his long career "Hobart's paintings are solid and well executed, and he rarely strayed winter landscapes in which he found so much interest in exploring the nuances of light on snow. Hobart Nichols was known as much for his leadership in the art community as for his painting. He served as President of the National Academy of Art for ten years and exhibited there many times, at the Salmagundi Club and the Grand Central Galleries.Today, Nichols' work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art and the Phillips Collection Nearly blind, Nichols died in Bronxville on August 13, 1962, at the age of 93 - 12 years after the death of his younger brother Spencer, and eight years after the death of his wife.