Everything But Gray: The Life of Audley Dean Nicols

200 Broad Street,Sewickley PA 15143

13 October, 2021

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2021-2022 program series No. 2: Everything But Gray: The Life of Audley Dean Nicols Presented by: Gayle Boss and Thomas Duke Join us on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 7:00pm when Gayle Boss and Thomas Duke present "Everything But Gray: The Life of Audley Dean Nicols." In 1912, Audley Dean Nicols was a successful magazine illustrator, a popular citizen of a Pittsburgh suburb. Then, he heard “a call in the desert.” Following that call changed the course of his life and the art of the Desert Southwest. The brilliant light of the desert and its austere beauty “was a revelation to Pittsburgh eyes,” Nicols wrote. In meticulous, vivid canvases he became devoted to conveying that revelation. His paintings pioneered a distinctive style of photographic realism in desert landscape painting and sparked a new interest in Southwestern art. Though widely appreciated in his lifetime, Nicols’ paintings faded from public view after his death. In their upcoming book, Gayle Boss and Thomas Duke present the largest assemblage of Nicols’ work so far gathered in one place, along with a documented biography. In it, a remarkable artist is brought back into the light. Join us for their presentation on that that book and the work of the Sewickley native, Audley Dean Nicols. Join SVHS, in person or on Zoom, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 7:00pm when Gayle Boss and Thomas Duke present " Everything But Gray: The Life of Audley Dean Nicols."