Henry Hobart Nichols Jr. (May 1, 1869  – August 13, 1962) was an American landscape painter and illustrator.

[4] His mother, Indiana Jay Nichols was skilled at drawing and "interested in all things related to the arts.

Then in 1910 they bought land in Lawrence Park a growing artists' colony in Bronxville, New York.

His grandniece, Barbara Sussman’s description of her great uncle's work repeats the themes of so many of his viewers through his long career “Hobart’s paintings are solid and well executed, and he seldom strayed from the winter landscapes in which he found so much interest in exploring the nuances of light on snow.”[5] Hobart Nichols was known as much for his leadership in the art community as he was for his painting.

He was president of the National Academy of Art for ten years and exhibited there, the Salmagundi Club and Grand Central Galleries many times.