Nichols' work is often classified with that of other regional American landscape artists, including Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton.
Dale William Nichols was born on July 13, 1904, in the small town of David City, Nebraska.
Upon leaving his post at Britannica, Nichols spent the remainder of his life traveling, splitting the majority of his time between Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska and Guatemala.
These famed smooth snow effects Artist Nichols gets by laying on his oils in a thin film with watercolor brushes."
The Museum of Nebraska Art features four of his large oil paintings, along with four lithographs and four sketches.