Ref: XXX - c1899 Antique Framed Watercolour by John Howard Nicholson Featuring Mitre Peak.

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Signed: John Howard Nicholson Dated: 1899

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A superb study of Mitre Peak.

Nicholson, John Howard, 1855-1930.

Artist. English landscape painter who settled in Nelson in 1895.

Born in England in 1855 - John Howard Nicholson settled in Nelson in 1895 aged 40. He is best known as a painter of landscapes and coastal scenes, mainly in watercolours.

John Howard Nicholson is listed in the following standard biographical references:

McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 183

The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources. 

 

Exhibited: 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905 and 1906 - Auckland Society of Arts - Canterbury Society of Arts - New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
  - Otago Art Society