Lot 327
Dale William Nichols (American, 1904-1995), "Pirogue in the Swamp", 1961, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, D. Matt, Hand Carved Picture Frames, NY label en verso, 16 in. x 20 in., period frame Note: Born in Nebraska and educated at Chicago's Academy of Fine Arts, Dale Nichols came to prominence as a painter of rural midwest farm communties. After leaving his position as Art Editor for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Nichols traveled south to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Guatemala. In this charming scene of "Pirogue in the Swamp", Nichols painted a local fisherman as he deftly navigates through the dense bayous of Southern Louisiana. In the upper left, a white heron takes flight away from the approaching pirogue.
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