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Home » Gallery » Historic and Contemporary Paintings » HISTORIC PAINTINGS: Southwestern, California Plein Air

C. W. Nicholson

CHARLES WESTLY NICHOLSON (1886-1965)

Landscape Painter. Born in Indiana on June 25, 1886. A veteran of WW1, Nicholson settled in Los Angeles in 1925. While working as a freelance commercial artist, he painted fine art in his leisure. His works include coastal scenes of the Monterey Peninsula, and desert landscapes of Southern California. (CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE)

Poppy Fields, High Desert, California

Poppy Fields, High Desert, California

  • Oil on Board
  • 18"x 28"
  • 1920 - 1930
  • $7,800
  • #502
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California Hillside, Poppy Fields

California Hillside, Poppy Fields

  • Oil on Board
  • 9"x 12"
  • 1920 - 1930
  • $2,800
  • #503
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Without Frame

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