Adolf Nickol

Adolf Nickol (possibly self-portrait)

Adolf Karl Friedrich Nickol , actually Nickel (born March 10, 1824 in Schöppenstedt , † May 21, 1905 in Braunschweig ) was a German painter who is particularly known for his landscapes and animal pictures .

life and work

Nickol was born in a small village east of Braunschweig as the seventh son of the Schönfärber master Heinrich Anton Karl Julius Nickol (1778-1854) and his wife Johanna Magdalena Luise (née Niemeier, 1781-1848). His parents recognized his talent early on and trained him in painting . At the age of 14 he enrolled at the Brunswick Collegium Carolinum , where he was a student of Heinrich Brandes , among other things . Due to above-average performance, Nickol attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1846 (without being enrolled there) and also undertook a longer study trip through the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Together with Friedrich Wilhelm Pfeiffer , he also became a member of the Braunschweig Art Club, which had existed since 1836. In 1851 he returned to Braunschweig to settle down as a painter. Another trip took him to Italy in 1853/54, where he stayed in Rome and the surrounding area. In 1856 Brandes proposed his pupil to the Carolinum as his deputy. After Brandes 'death in 1868, Nickol was appointed Brandes' successor in freehand, ornament, figure and landscape drawing on the recommendation of the rector and mathematics professor Julius Dedekind . In 1870 Nickol was appointed professor.

After receiving several awards for his work from the Brunswick Duke Wilhelm , Nickol was appointed Privy Councilor in 1899 . In 1903 the Commander's Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion followed . In 1904 Nickol was finally retired . His students included: Otto Keitel , Arnold Kramer , Hans Pahlmann , Wilhelm Pahlmann , Constantin Uhde and Rudolf Wilke .

Works (selection)

Some of his works are in the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig .

Schliestedt near Aschersleben (1844)
Horses in a stud with an approaching thunderstorm driven to the stables by grooms and the interior of a horse stable (1844, Berlin Academy of the Arts)
Blankenburg, Heimburg / Harz, Devil's Wall (1845)
Morgren landscape in the character of the Rhine (1860, art exhibition in Lübeck)
Italy, Greek Theater of Taormina (1870)
At the stable door (1887, watercolor exhibition in Dresden)
Before the thunderstorm (shepherd with flock of sheep)
Shepherd in a Thunderstorm (1888, New Museum Hanover) and Landscape with a Flock of Sheep (1888, City Museum Braunschweig)

literature

Emmanuel Bénézit : Nickol, Adolf or Karl Friedrich Adolf . In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists . tape 10 : Müller – Pinchetti . Gründ, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-7000-3080-X (English).
Franz-Josef Christiani : Karl Friedrich Adolf Nickol 1824–1905 “A hay harvest in the Baierischen Hochlande”, 1849. In: Miszellen. Issue 59, Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Braunschweig 2001.
Peter Lufft : Nickol, Karl Friedrich Adolf. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 168 .
Nickol, Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 445 .
Gert Dieter Ulferts: Designs for the wall decoration in the great ballroom of the Braunschweig Palace. Four Italian landscapes by Adolf Nickol (= Miscellen . Issue 54). Municipal Museum, Braunschweig 1996, OCLC 934992547 .
Mechthild Wiswe : Nickol [actually Nickel], Karl Friedrich Adolf, Prof. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 440 .

Individual evidence

^ Mechthild Wiswe: Nickol [actually Nickel], Karl Friedrich Adolf, Prof. p. 440.
^ Franz-Josef Christiani: Karl Friedrich Adolf Nickol 1824–1905 "A haymaking in the Baierischen Hochlande", 1849.
^ Biography - Friedrich Wilhelm Pfeiffer. friedrich-wilhelm-pfeiffer.de, accessed on December 30, 2019 : "1846: FW Pfeiffer is mentioned together with the landscape and animal painter Karl Friedrich Adolf Nickol (1824-1905) in the art club in Braunschweig."
^ Alfred Kuhlenkamp (Ed.): Contributions to the history of the Carolo-Wilhelmina. In: Writings of the Braunschweigischer Hochschulbund. Volume 1, Braunschweig 1973, p. 116.
^ Peter Lufft: Nickol, Karl Friedrich Adolf. P. 168.
^ Anton Bettelheim : Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Volume 10-11, 1907, p. 469.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nickol, Adolf Karl Friedrich. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 148 ( archive.org ).
↑ Martin Jasper: The Stranger begins right behind the Magniviertel . In: Braunschweiger Zeitung . October 27, 2017 ( braunschweiger-zeitung.de ).
^ Catalog of the collection of paintings and sculptures belonging to the Fideikommiss gallery of the entire house in Braunschweig and Lüneburg in the Provincial Museum . Rudolph von Bennigsen Foundation, Hanover 1905 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Nickol, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nickol, Adolf Karl Friedrich (full name); Nickel, Adolf Karl Friedrich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 10, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schöppenstedt
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1905
Place of death	Braunschweig

[Wiswe-1] Mechthild Wiswe: Nickol [actually Nickel], Karl Friedrich Adolf, Prof. p. 440.

[2] Franz-Josef Christiani: Karl Friedrich Adolf Nickol 1824–1905 "A haymaking in the Baierischen Hochlande", 1849.

[3] Biography - Friedrich Wilhelm Pfeiffer. friedrich-wilhelm-pfeiffer.de, accessed on December 30, 2019 : "1846: FW Pfeiffer is mentioned together with the landscape and animal painter Karl Friedrich Adolf Nickol (1824-1905) in the art club in Braunschweig."

[4] Alfred Kuhlenkamp (Ed.): Contributions to the history of the Carolo-Wilhelmina. In: Writings of the Braunschweigischer Hochschulbund. Volume 1, Braunschweig 1973, p. 116.

[5] Peter Lufft: Nickol, Karl Friedrich Adolf. P. 168.

[6] Anton Bettelheim : Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Volume 10-11, 1907, p. 469.

[Boetticher-7] Nickol, Adolf Karl Friedrich. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 148 ( archive.org ).

[8] Martin Jasper: The Stranger begins right behind the Magniviertel . In: Braunschweiger Zeitung . October 27, 2017 ( braunschweiger-zeitung.de ).

[9] Catalog of the collection of paintings and sculptures belonging to the Fideikommiss gallery of the entire house in Braunschweig and Lüneburg in the Provincial Museum . Rudolph von Bennigsen Foundation, Hanover 1905 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).