Adolf Nickol

Adolf Karl Friedrich Nickol, originally Nickel (10 March 1824, Schöppenstedt - 21 May 1905, Braunschweig) was a German landscape and animal painter.

He was born to Heinrich Anton Karl Julius Nickel (1778–1854), a dye master, and his wife, Johanna Magdalena Luise née Niemeier (1781–1848).

When he was fourteen, he enrolled at the Collegium Carolinum [de] in Braunschweig, where his primary instructor was Heinrich Brandes.

[1] In 1846, due to his above average work, he was able to attend classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, without actually being enrolled there.

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