biografia di Dale William NICHOLS (1904-1995)

Birth place: David City, NE

Death place: Sedona, AZ

Addresses: Tucson, AZ (1950s)

Profession: Painter, designer, lithographer, illustrator, writer, lecturer, educator

Studied: Chicago Acad. FA; AIC; Joseph Binder, Vienna.

Exhibited: AIC, 1935 (prize), 1936, 1938, 1939 (prize); CI, 1937, 1946; Denver Art Mus., 1943; Century Progress, Chicago, 1933-34; All-Illinois SFA, 1934 (prize); WFNY 1939; GGE, 1939; Dallas Mus. FA, 1936; Macbeth Gal., NYC, 1930-50; Miller & Paine Gal., Lincoln, NE

Member: Soc. Typographic Artists; Tucson Archaeological Soc.; Chicago Guild Free Lance Artists

Work: MMA; AIC; Joslyn Mem.; Nebraska AA; Univ. Arizona; Boys Town, NE; mural, U.S.P.O., Morris, IL.

Comments: Positions: Carnegie visiting prof., artist in residence, Univ. Illinois, Urbana, 1939-40; art ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica Publications, 1945-; art chmn., Tucson Regional Plan, 1943-45. Auth.: A Philosophy of Esthetics, 1938; illustr., Two Years Before the Mast, 1941; A World History, 1940; contrib. to national magazines.

Sources: WW59; WW47; American Scene Painting and Sculpture, 61 (w/repro.)