Spencer Baird Nichols
1874
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1949
American portrait painter, illustrator and muralist (1875-1950)
Spencer Baird Nichols was an American portrait painter, illustrator and muralist. While he received much recognition and was quite prolific in his time, much of his creative work was ultimately destroyed, lost or unattributed to him. What survives are a handful of easel paintings and some commercial work, particularly book illustrations and murals.