G. W. Nicholson (1832-1912) American, Pastel on Board Seascape. Attributed verso. Framed.

Provenance: Previously offered through Sotheby's.

Overall Size: 11 x 14 in.
Sight Size: 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.

G. W. Nicholson was an English painter active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for his landscapes and rustic genre scenes that capture the gentle melancholy of the British countryside at the edge of industrial change. His work sits comfortably within the Victorian and Edwardian tradition of pastoral realism—cottages half-hidden in trees, quiet riverbanks, distant fields under dappled light—but with a certain intimacy that feels more observed than idealized. Nicholson wasn’t a revolutionary figure, but he had a sure hand for mood and atmosphere, the kind of painter whose canvases hold the texture of damp earth and low clouds. His paintings still circulate in regional galleries and auction rooms, carrying that quiet nostalgia for a rural England that was already vanishing when he painted it.

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