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Frame measures 14.5" x 12 3/8" canvas measures 7 3/8" x 9 3/8" really ornate 3"<br>deep frame with no major issues. No issues or restorations to painting. There<br>were two brackets added to the back to hold the painting in as the original<br>nails are missing. There was a modern cover over the back canvas to protect it,<br>that'll be re installed prior to shipping. Estate fresh at the time of this<br>listing this is the first time it's been for sale in a really long time.<br><br>He married his first wife in 1871, maybe this is her? Regardless this is one of<br>his earlier pieces from before he got famous.<br><br>Born December 9, 1848 (1848-12-09) Lockport, New York<br>Resting place Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, New York 43°10′53.73″N 78°42′33.1″W<br>/ 43.1815917°N 78.709194°W / 43.1815917; -78.709194<br>Died May 12, 1915, Stamford, Connecticut, United States<br><br>Burr H. Nicholls (December 9, 1848 – May 12, 1915) was an American painter who<br>studied art with Carolus-Duran in Paris and first exhibited his work in London<br>at Dudley Gallery. Most of his works were based upon scenes from the seven years<br>that he studied and lived in Europe.<br><br>Nicholls was married three times, but it was his marriage to his second wife,<br>Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, that caused a media sensation across the United States.<br>In 1897 both Burr and Rhoda Nicholls submitted paintings to the Paris Salon;<br>Rhoda's was accepted with honorable mention but Burr's was rejected. This<br>triggered a period of marital discontent followed by separation. Their divorce<br>was finalized in 1906 and was reported in many American newspapers. Journalists<br>warned women of the peril of pursuing vocations that put them in competition<br>with their husbands.<br><br>Early life<br><br>Burr H. Nicholls was born in Lockport, New York to Luman Nicholls and Ann<br>Halliday Nicholls. Painters in his family included his mother and his nephew<br>Henry, son of his brother Mark. Henry made copies of several of Burr's paintings<br>including a Brittany farm scene and The Red Staircase.<br><br>Marriage<br><br>His first of three marriages was to Alice McDonald or Alethea P. McConnell in<br>1871; she died in 1876.<br><br>Nicholls met the English artist Rhoda Holmes during a trip to Venice. They<br>married in 1884 at Lyminster Church in Sus, England, honeymooned in Venice and<br>sailed for the United States in the spring of 1884.<br><br>The couple exhibited their works in some of the same shows, like the Chicago<br>Interstate Industrial Expositions. In 1893 the Nicholls lived in a "cosey" home<br>and both had studios on the top floor. By 1896, Nicholls lived with his wife in<br>a West 50th Street mansion in New York City with their daughter and son, Rhoda<br>Olive and Arundel Holmes Nicholls.<br><br>The couple's marriage became contentious when in 1897 one of Rhoda Holmes<br>Nicholls works was accepted with honorable mention by the Paris Salon, but<br>Burr's work was denied. The couple separated the following year. Their divorce<br>was finalized by September 18, 1906 and "newspapers widely warned women about<br>the dangers of success and its potential influence on marital and domestic<br>bliss."<br><br>His final marriage was to Josephine Lewis of Buffalo, New York. Her brother was<br>Dr. Park Lewis, a "well-known physician".<br><br>Education and career<br><br>Nicholls studied art in Buffalo, New York with Lars (L.G.) Sellstedt and with<br>Carolus-Duran at the Paris Beaux Arts. He studied and worked in England, Paris,<br>Italy and Brittany for seven years which provided inspiration for his paintings<br>for years. Most of Nicholl's paintings were made of European subjects and<br>settings, like A Street Scene in France and A Quiet Corner, Venice, exhibited at<br>the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 held in Buffalo, New York.<br><br>His first exhibition was in 1879 at London's Dudley Gallery. Nicholls exhibited<br>at "every important exhibition in America" and the Paris Salon. His work was<br>favorably received at the 1891 Society for the Promotion of Art exhibition at<br>Eden Musee [New York].<br><br>The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, now the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, had acquired<br>works by Nicholls by 1882.<br><br>He and his third wife were members of the Buffalo Historical Society.<br><br>Death<br><br>Nicholls died in May, 1915 in Lockport, New York.<br><br>Collections<br><br>Albright–Knox Art Gallery: Hunting up a Quotation and A Group of Fowls<br><br>Peabody Institute: The Vegetable Garden<br><br>Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Effect of Sunlight<br><br>Andrew Carnegie and Parisian M. Johannot were collectors of his works.
