Charles Westly Nicholson (1886-1965)
Landscape Painter.
Born in Indiana on June 25, 1886.
A veteran of WWI, Nicholson settled in Los Angeles in 1925. While working as a freelance commercial artist, he painted fine art in his leisure. His works include coastal scenes of the Monterey Peninsula and desert landscapes of Southern California.
Source: Artists in California, 1786-1940, II, by Edan Milton Hughes; Hughes Publishing Company, Copyright 1986