were refugees of the troubles in Germany of 1848. Like thousands before them they came to California to seek fortune. They established themselves as entrepreneurs, setting up a studio and painting the first wave of miners. The painting is entitled 'Miners in the Sierras', 1851-52, oil on canvas.
Date 1851/1852
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Painting ID:: 79135
Date 1851/1852
Source Own photograph of painting in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Author photograph Ad Meskens; painting:
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Painting ID:: 79820
Nahl, Charles Christian German-born American Painter, 1818-1878
later known as Charles Nahl, Karl Nahl, Charles Christian Nahl or Charles C. Nahl, was a German-born painter who is called California's first significant artist.He came from a long line of artists and sculptors and was trained at the Cassel Academy. Unease over the political state of Hesse led him and his friend Frederick August Wenderoth (1819-1884) to Paris in 1846, where "Charles" enjoyed some success at the salon. The February Revolution prompted another move with his half-brother Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl (1833-1889) to Brooklyn, New York, where they heard of the gold strike. They had no luck along the Yuba River but opened a studio with Wenderoth in Sacramento and August Wenderoth Date 1851/1852
Source Own photograph of painting in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Author photograph Ad Meskens; painting:
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