Background
Burr H. Nicholls was born in Lockport, New York to Luman Nicholls and Ann Halliday Nicholls.
Burr H. Nicholls was born in Lockport, New York to Luman Nicholls and Ann Halliday Nicholls.
In 1897 both Burr and Rhoda Nicholls submitted paintings to the Paris Salon. Rhoda"s was accepted with honorable mention but Burr"s was rejected. This triggered a period of marital discontent followed by separation.
Their divorce was finalized in 1906 and was reported in many American newspapers.
Henry made copies of several of Burr"s paintings including a Brittany farm scene and The Red Staircase. Nicholls studied art in Buffalo, New York with Lars (LG) Sellstedt and with Carolus-Duran at the Paris Beaux Arts.
He studied and worked in England, Paris, Italy and Brittany for seven years which provided inspiration for his paintings for years. Most of Nicholl"s paintings were made of European subjects and settings, like A Street Scene in France and A Quiet Corner, Venice, exhibited at the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 held in Buffalo, New New York
His first exhibition was in 1879 at London"s Dudley Gallery.
Nicholls exhibited at "every important exhibition in America" and the Paris Salon. His work was favorably received at the 1891 Society for the Promotion of Art exhibition at Eden Muséest The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, now the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, had acquired works by Nicholls by 1882.
Nicholls died in May, 1915 in Lockport, New New York
