Dale William Nichols, American, 1904 to 1995, oil painting on canvas depicting a night rural landscape, 1946. Signed and dated, lower left. Framed. Dale Nichols is known for Rural landscape painter, illustrator, educator. Artist, printmaker, illustrator, watercolorist, designer, writer and lecturer, Dale Nichols did paintings that reflected his rural background of Nebraska where he was born in David City, a small town. Although he did much sketching outdoors, most of his paintings were completed in his studio and often included numerology, magic squares and psychic symbols. His painting The End of the Hunt won the Hearst Award at a 1930s exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. One of a kind artwork.