Francis Nicholson (painter)
- Francis Nicholson (painter)
Sir Francis Nicholson (14 November 1753 - 6 March 1844) was a British artist. He worked in watercolour and oil, and is mainly known as a landscape artist.
Early life
Nicholson was born in Pickering, North Yorkshire.
Career
Nicholson studied with a local artist in Scarborough, before beginning his career in his native Pickering, producing sporting pictures and portraits for a variety of Yorkshire patrons. By the mid-1780s he was also making paintings of country houses, leading him to concentrate on landscapes in watercolour.
From 1789, he contributed views of both Yorkshire and Scotland to exhibitions at the Royal Academy. He also supplied topographical views for the Copper Plate Magazine.
Although his market increasingly became London-based, Nicholson continued to live in Yorkshire - at Whitby, Knaresborough and Ripon. He did not move to London until about 1803. In 1804, he became a founder-member of the Society of Painters in Watercolours, and was a regular and prolific contributor to its exhibitions.
Later life
Nicholson died in London and is buried there in Brompton Cemetery.
Legacy
His c. 1837 self-portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery.
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