Archibald Frank Nicoll - Artist Info

About Archibald Frank Nicoll

  • Biography

    Archibald Frank Nicoll OBE (14 June 1886 – 1 February 1953) was a New Zealand artist and art teacher. His interruption of the Canterbury landscape made him a leader in what has become known as the 'Canterbury School'.

    He was born in Lincoln, Canterbury. He was the fifth of six children of Alexander Nicoll, a farmer, and his wife, Eliza Pannett. He attended Springston School from 1891 to 1899.[2] He was awarded a scholarship to attend Christchurch Boys' High School and attended the school from 1900 to 1902.

    After school he started working at the Union Steamship Company as a junior clerk. During this time he continued to draw and he enrolled in an evening class at the Canterbury College School of Art. In 1904 he became a member ...

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