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1818 Kassel, Germany - 1878 San Francisco, California. Known for: Child portrait, historical, animal.
Born in Kassel, Germany, to a renowned family of artists, Charles Nahl is described as "California's first significant artist" . (Baigell 247). He became a painter of portraits, scenes of California... Read full biography
Born in Kassel, Germany, to a renowned family of artists, Charles Nahl is described as "California's first significant artist" . (Baigell 247). He became a painter of portraits, scenes of California pioneering that became the basis of the Crocker Museum collection, and of goldmining genre,... Read full biography
Born in Kassel, Germany, to a renowned family of artists, Charles Nahl is described as "California's first significant artist" . (Baigell 247). He became a painter of portraits, scenes of California pioneering that became the basis of the Crocker Museum collection, and of goldmining genre, especially humorous depictions involving alcohal and raucous interaction. He was also an illustrator and engraver. Charles Nahl and his half-brother, Hugo Nahl, attended the art academy of Kassel and then... Read full biography
Born in Kassel, Germany, to a renowned family of artists, Charles Nahl is described as "California's first significant artist" . (Baigell 247). He became a painter of portraits, scenes of California pioneering that became the basis of the Crocker Museum collection, and of goldmining genre, especially humorous depictions involving alcohal and raucous interaction. He was also an illustrator and engraver. Charles Nahl and his half-brother, Hugo Nahl, attended the art academy of Kassel and then went to Paris in 1846 to study with Horace Vernet and Paul Delaroche. That year, he changed his name from Carl Christian to Charles Christian Nahl. He also exhibited at the Paris Salon. Fleeing turmoil of the 1848 Revolution in France, the Nahl family... Read full biography
Born in Kassel, Germany, to a renowned family of artists, Charles Nahl is described as "California's first significant artist" . (Baigell 247). He became a painter of portraits, scenes of California pioneering that became the basis of the Crocker Museum collection, and of goldmining genre, especially humorous depictions involving alcohal and raucous interaction. He was also an illustrator and engraver. Charles Nahl and his half-brother, Hugo Nahl, attended the art academy of Kassel and then went to Paris in 1846 to study with Horace Vernet and Paul Delaroche. That year, he changed his name from Carl Christian to Charles Christian Nahl. He also exhibited at the Paris Salon. Fleeing turmoil of the 1848 Revolution in France, the Nahl family emigrated to New York City, and then lured by the California Gold Rush, Charles and Hugo went to California vis the Isthmus of Panama.... Read full biography
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Keywords (38)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Horses: Equestrian Genre, in Landscape and/or Portraits
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Europe
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Kahn Collection
- •William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Narrative Specialty
- •Western Subject Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons