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AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS "SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS" OIL ON CANVAS

Audley Dean Nicols (1875 - 1941) "Superstition Mountains" Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated on lower left. An illustrator by training, Audley Dean Nicols painted landscapes of the Desert Southwest. He earned regional and national recognition for his style of photographic realism in the depiction of the Southwest’s mountains and deserts, including election to the Southern National Academy of Design. His art career began when he moved to New York City and enrolled in classes at the Art Students League, studying under the illustrator and academic painter Kenyon Cox, and muralists Henry Siddons Mowbray and Edwin Howland Blashfield. Within two years he was working as an illustrator for Harper’s magazine, then for The Century, and was being included in salons and parties with famous illustrator-guests like Charles Dana Gibson and Howard Chandler Christy. In about 1912, Nicols began making annual trips to the Southwest. By 1915, his desert landscapes were being featured in special exhibitions at Pittsburgh’s Wunderly Brothers Gallery, one of the region’s two major art dealers. Artist: Audley Dean Nicols Title: "Superstition Mountains" Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa/Year: 1915 Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Lower Left Site Measurement: 20.25" x 28.25" Image Keywords: Southwestern, Western Artwork, Art; Ref: BD2022

Audley Dean Nicols Superstition Mountains

Audley Dean Nicols (American, 1875-1941) Superstition Mountains, 1915 Oil on canvas Signed and dated Audley Dean Nicols 1915, lower left Arizona West Galleries and Antiques and Arts International Associates tags, verso.

AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS (American, 1875-1941) Arizona 1927 oil on canvas

AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS (American, 1875-1941) Arizona 1927 oil on canvas signed, titled and dated lower left: Audley Dean Nicols / Ariz 1927 28 x 48cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Mr and Mrs Charles Ruwolt, New South Wales The Collection of Claude Ruwolt The Collection of Louise Ruwolt, Victoria OTHER NOTES: In the current offerings, scenes of Australian pastoral life (W. B. McInnes), famous European and English bridges and buildings (Will Ashton's Paris and Sydney Long's Houses of Parliament), and beach excursions (Robert Johnson and B. E. Minns) stand out. The American, Audley Dean Nichols (1875-1941) became famous for his hazy images of the wild west tamed. His Arizona 1927 is representative of the 'Purple Mountain School', an American equivalent to the Australian pastoral idyll. Rodney James

Audley Dean Nicols American, 1875-1941 Arizona Landscape

Audley Dean Nicols American, 1875-1941 Arizona Landscape Signed Audley Dean Nicols and inscribed Ariz (ll) Oil on canvas 12 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches (30.8 x 51.1 cm) Provenance: Purchased in the 1920s by Dr. Edgar S. Thomson, grandfather of the present owner C 

Audley Dean Nicols (1875-1941, TEXAS) OIL ON CANVAS, UNTITLED DESERT LANDSCAPE, 16 X2 2" SIGNED LL

Audley Dean Nicols (1875-1941, TEXAS) OIL ON CANVAS, UNTITLED DESERT LANDSCAPE, 16 X2 2" SIGNED LL

Audley Dean Nicols (1886-1941) Desert at Dusk 16 x 24in overall: 23 1/2 x 31 1/2in

Audley Dean Nicols (1886-1941) Desert at Dusk signed and dated 'Audley Dean Nicols 1928' (lower left) oil on canvas 16 x 24in overall: 23 1/2 x 31 1/2in Painted in 1928 Footnotes Provenance Private collection, Las Vegas, Nevada.

AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS (American/Texas 1875-1941) A PAINTING, "Arizona,"

AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS (American/Texas 1875-1941) A PAINTING, "Arizona," oil on canvas, signed L/L. 12" x 16"

AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS (American, 1875-1941) Indian Oasis,

AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS (American, 1875-1941) Indian Oasis, Arizona, 1919 Oil on canvas 16 x 24 inches (40.6 x 61.0 cm) Signed, titled, and dated lower left: Audley Dean Nicols / Indian Oasis, Ariz / 1919

AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS (American, 1875-1941) Oracle Arizona

AUDLEY DEAN NICOLS (American, 1875-1941) Oracle Arizona Oil on canvas 20 x 12 inches (50.8 x 30.5 cm) Signed and titled lower left: Audley Dean Nicols S.N.A / Oracle Ariz Moving to El Paso for his health, Nicols became well known for his desert landscapes. He exhibited at the San Antonio Competitives and in El Paso. Nicols studied at the Art Students League and the Metropolitan Museum of Art with figure painters Edwin H. Blashfield, Kenyon Cox, and Henry Siddons Mowbray. Nicols exhibited desert wildflower landscapes in all three San Antonio Competitive exhibitions in 1927, 1928, and 1929. In Oracle, Arizona, and Indian Oasis, Arizona, Nicols used an Impressionist's touch in the application of paint. While utilizing his prototypical landscape built around a road or trail, the artist included flora native to Arizona in the foreground of each painting, including saguaro, greasewood, and prickly pear. Moreover, Nicols captures in both paintings the background haze that he used successfully throughout his Texas career to render the Southwestern landscape.

Audley Dean Nicols 1886-1941 DESERT LANDSCAPE