William Nichols: Beyond the Path

William Nichols B e yo n d th e Path

William Nichols B e yo n d th e Path

CK Contemporary

Wild Garden

Oil on linen

47 x 66 inches

First Snow, Santa Fe

Oil on linen

60 x 90 inches

Reflections of Fall

oil on linen

45 1/2 x 62 inches

Homage to Japan

Oil on linen

30 x 42 inches

Wisconsin Prairie

Oil on linen

42 x 72 inches

Sugar Creek

Oil on linen

44 x 58 inches

Swift Running Stream

oil on linen

56 x 74 inches

A Small Pond in Late Spring

oil on linen

65 x 68 inches

Fall Evening, Pigeon Creek

Oil on linen

54 x 60 inches

Green Barn

Oil on linen

46 x 44 inches

Snow Covered River Bank

Oil on board

24 x 36 inches

Thicket in Snow

Oil on board

24 x 36 inches

Moment at Cedarburg Creek

Oil on linen

54 x 66 inches

Tangled Garden

Oil on linen

51 x 77 inches

William Nichols Born: Resides:

April 1, 1942; Chicago, IL Chicago, IL

Education: 1968-69

1968 1968

1966 1961-66

Slade School of Art, University College, London, England; post­ graduate work University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; M.F.A. Slade School of Art, University College, London, England; Fulbright- Hayes Scholar School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; B.F.A. University of Chicago (in conjunction with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) Chicago, IL

Select Group Exhibitions: 2007-2009

2001-02

1999

1997 1994 1994

1992

1988 1988

1988

1987

1987

1987 1987

Participating in Art In Embassy Program, United States State Department, Prague, Czechoslovakia Rain Forest: Contemporary Paintings by International Artists, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Taipei Gallery, New York, NY; Green Woods & Crystal Waters: The American Landscape Tradition, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; traveling to: Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA; John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL Christine Adapon Fine Art, Manila, Philippines Collectors’ Choice, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL Young Guns: East Coast Artists, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV A View From Here: Heartland Landscape Painters, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL 100 Years of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee,WI American Realism: Twentieth Century Drawings and Watercolors: The Glenn C. Janss Collection, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID Realisms, Fine Arts Galleries, UNM Art Museum, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI The Hot Centre: Contemporary Art Selected By Ivan Karp, Norton Center for the Arts, Centre College, Danville, KY Fifty-First National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Director’s Choice, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL Lower Manhattan Revisited: SoHo NoHo. and Tribeca, Maier Museum

1887

1985-87

1985 1985

1984 1984

1982 1982 1981-82

1981 1979 1975 1974

of Art, Randolph-Macon Women’s College, Lynchburg, VA Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, The Butler Institute of American Art,Youngstown, OH American Realism: Twentieth Century Drawings and Watercolors from the Glenn C. Janss Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; traveling exhibition Midwest Realists, Paine Art Center & Arboretum, Oshkosh, WI Focus on Realism: Selections from the Collection of Glenn C. Janss, Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID Wisconsin Directions 4, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI American Landscape Painting, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA Watercolor U.S.A., Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO Painterly Realism, Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI Contemporary American Realism Since 1960, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; traveling to: Gulbenkian Museum,

Lisbon, Portugal; Salas de Exposciones, Madrid, Spain; Kunsthalle, Nurenberg, West Germany Contemporary American Landscapes, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH Photo Realism, Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Three Man Show, Hyde Park Center, Chicago, IL Midwest Invitational Painting Show, Chicago, IL

Solo Exhibitions: 2017 2015 2010 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2001 2000 2000 1998 1997 1994 1991 1991

CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA Thomas Paul Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

1989 1989 1986 1985 1983 1981 1979 1977

Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY O.K. Harris works of Art, New York, NY O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY James Yu Gallery, New York, NY

Bibliography: Books/Catalogues

Watercolors 1980, Frumkin & Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL; 1980.Bibliography: Periodicals Milwaukee Magazine, “Magnificent Obsession”, January 2006 American Arts Quarterly, “Exhibition Review”, Summer 2005 Arts Magazine, “William A. Nichols”, Catherine Lamagna, September 1979.

Art International, “Reviews”, Carter Ratcliff, May/June 1977.

Bibliography: Newspapers

New York, Of Course, Ralph Hermanns, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007

The Capital Times, (Madison, WI), “This art’s for real, and easy for the eye”, Kevin Lynch, April 28, 1994.

Rain Forest: Contemporary Paintings by International Artists, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Taipei Gallery, New York, NY; Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV; Foreword: Tchen, Yu-chiou, 2001.

The News and Daily Advance, (Lynchburg, VA) “Contemporary art focus of R-MWC’s annual show”, March 15, 1987.

Green Woods & Crystal Waters: The American Landscape Tradition, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; John Arthur, 1999.

The Artist and the American Landscape, Text: John Driscoll, Picture Editor: Arnold Skolnick, First Glance Books, Cobb, CA, 1998.

Forces Of Nature, Taipei Gallery, New York, NY; Introduction:Ronny Cohen, 1997 A View From Here: Heartland Landscape Painters, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL; Curator’s Statement: Harold Gregor, 1992.

Spirit of Place: Contemporary Landscape Painting and The American Tradition, John Arthur, 1989.

Realisms, Fine Arts Galleries, UWM Art Museum, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; Introduction: John N. Colt, 1988.

Fifty-First National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Op, 1987 Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Introduction: Louis Zona, 1987.

American Realism: Twentieth-Century Drawings and Watercolors from the Glenn C. Janss Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Text: Alvin Martin; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Harry N. Abrams Publishers, New York, 1985.

American Landscape Painting, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; Essay: Mac McCloud, 1984.

Contemporary American Realism Since 1960, Frank Goodyear, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1981.

An American Flower Show, J. Frederick Cain, Heritage Plantation, Sandwich, MA, 1980.

Detroit News, “New Realism wins with it’s eye appeal”, Joy Halkanson Colby, December 23, 1984, p.4E. Art/World, “SoHo and The Realist Revolution”, Nike Hale, May/June 18, 1979.

SoHo Weekly News, “Reviews”, John Perreault, September 25, 1975.

Selected Collections: Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WI Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY Chase Manhattan Corporation, New York, NY Amerada Hess Corporation, Woodbridge, NJ Enpro International, New York, NY Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA Security Pacific National Bank, Irwin, CA Fukuoka Sogo Bank, Ltd., Fukuoka, Japan and New York, NY Arbor Drugs, Troy, MI E. Jean Belloni, Geneva, Switzerland Alfred Taubman, Troy, MI Saul Steinberg, New York, NY Glenn Janss, Sun Valley, ID

CK Contemporary