Lillie May Nicholson (1884-1964)

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Lillie May Nicholson - "Bit of California Coast" - Oil on board - 12" x 16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Bit of California Coast"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Children, Etaples, France" - Oil on board - 12" x 16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Children, Etaples, France"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Coast in France" - Oil on canvasboard - 12" x 16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Coast in France"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Country Home" -Northern France- - Oil on panel - 13 3/4" x 10 1/2"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Country Home" -Northern France-

Lillie May Nicholson - "Fishermen At Pier" - Oil on canvas - 10 1/2" x 7 1/4"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Fishermen At Pier"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Fishing Boats After The Shower" Etaples, France - Oil on canvas - 18" x 24"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Fishing Boats After The Shower" Etaples, France

Lillie May Nicholson - "Fishing Boats and Cables with Catch, Monterey Bay" - Oil on board - 12"x16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Fishing Boats and Cables with Catch, Monterey Bay"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Flowering Dunes, Pacific Grove" - Oil on board - 10" x 16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Flowering Dunes, Pacific Grove"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Flowers In The Woods" - Oil on canvas/board - 10" x 13 1/2"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Flowers In The Woods"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Forest, Pier and Boat - Monterey" - Oil on board - 16" x 12"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Forest, Pier and Boat - Monterey"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Monterey Coast" - Oil on board - 10" x 16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Monterey Coast"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Path Through The Wild Flowers" - Oil on board - 10 1/2" x 15 3/4"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Path Through The Wild Flowers"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Path To The Sea" - Oil on board - 10" x 12 1/4"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Path To The Sea"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Sand Dunes near Spanish Bay" - Oil on board - 12"x16" - Signed lower right
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Sand Dunes near Spanish Bay"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Six Fishing Boats At Anchor" -Monterey- - Oil on board - 12"x16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Six Fishing Boats At Anchor" -Monterey-

Lillie May Nicholson - "Slough near Moss Landing" - Oil on board - 12" x 16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Slough near Moss Landing"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Three Boats in Monterey Bay" - Oil on board - 11" x 7" - Signed lower right <br>Dated October 1922 on reverse <br> <br>Lillie May Nicholson is noted for her Impressionistic paintings of coastal landscapes and fishing scenes executed with loose brush strokes and vivid broken palette. Or…vivid, broken color. <br> <br>Nicholson was born on a ranch in Aromas, California, in 1884. After attending the PPIE in SF in 1915 she enrolled in the California School of Fine Arts and was greatly influenced by her instructor, Gottardo Piazzoni. She actively exhibited in San Francisco and became a charter member of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists in 1925. <br> <br>She was an early member of the Carmel Art Association and exhibited there in 1927-1928. Nicholson maintained a studio in Pacific Grove until the mid-1930s specializing in the beautiful California coastline and the fishing industry around Monterey. Her studio attracted a number of visitors from the local art colonies, including Louise M. Carpenter, Jeanette Maxfield Lewis, Roberta Balfour and Bertha Stringer Lee. <br> <br>She left her art career behind in 1938 and resided permanently in the San Francisco Bay Area until her death in Oakland. Her work was rediscovered in 1979 when a trunk was found on the family ranch containing most of her oeuvre.
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Three Boats in Monterey Bay"
-1922-

Lillie May Nicholson - "Three Small Boats At Anchor" - Oil on board - 12"x16"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Three Small Boats At Anchor"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Unloading the Catch, Monterey" - Oil on canvasboard - 16" x 12"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Unloading the Catch, Monterey"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Venice Canal" - Oil on board - 10 1/2" x 13 1/2"
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Venice Canal"

Lillie May Nicholson - "Wind Blown Cypress Tree" -Monterey Peninsula- - Oil on board - 12"x16" - Signed lower left; titled on reverse
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Lillie May Nicholson
"Wind Blown Cypress Tree" -Monterey Peninsula-