Dale Nichols

Dale Nichols was an American painter and illustrator known for his depictions of prairie landscapes in the American Midwest. Nichols painted barns and snow-covered haystacks in a smooth, simplified style of naturalism similar to that of American Regionalists Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. Company for Supper (1948), Partners (1950), and The Evening Mail (1968) exemplify his detailed, affectionate portrayals of rural life. Born on July 13, 1904 in David City, NE, he went on to study at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and became the first Carnegie visiting professor of art at the University of Illinois. Nichols died on October 19, 1995 in Sedona, AZ. His works are in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others.