Charles Nahl

Background

He was the son of Georg Valentin Friedrich Nahl (1791–1857) and Henriette (Weickh) Nahl (1796–1863).

Career

He came from a long line of artists and sculptors. His great-grandfather was Johann August Nahl, the German sculptor and stuccist. Nahl was trained at the Cassel Academy.

He arrived in Nevada City, California the next year, and then moved to Rough and Ready, California.

Here, he purchased a "salted" mine. Having no luck along the Yuba River, Nahl and Hugo opened a studio with Wenderoth in Sacramento, moving to San Francisco after the 1852 Sacramento fire.

(There is an illustration of the fire by Arthur). The Nahl brothers were fine athletes.

At their home in San Francisco"s Bush Street, their backyard gymnasium served as the early version of the and was its headquarters during the period of 1855 to 1860.

Connections

Friend:

Frederick August Wenderoth