Adolf Nickol
Adolf Karl Friedrich Nickol, originally Nickel (10 March 1824, Schöppenstedt - 21 May 1905, Braunschweig) was a German landscape and animal painter. Life and work He was born to Heinrich Anton Karl Julius Nickel (1778–1854), a Dyeing, dye master, and his wife, Johanna Magdalena Luise née Niemeier (1781–1848). They recognized his artistic talents, and arranged for him to take painting lessons. When he was fourteen, he enrolled at the in Braunschweig, where his primary instructor was Heinrich Brandes. In 1846, due to his above average work, he was able to attend classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, without actually being enrolled there. He also took an extended study trip through the Netherlands, Belgium and France. In 1851, he returned to Braunschweig and opened his own studio. Further travels followed, and he spent a year in Rome from 1853 to 1854. Two years later his former professor, Brandes, proposed that the Collegium appoint him as his assistant, and the pr ...
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