Details
- Term
Charles Christian Nahl
- Alternate Term
Nahl, Charles Christian
Charles Nahl
Nahl, Charles Christian
- Occupation/Role
artist, illustrator, photographer
- Nationality/Ethnicity
German
- Date
1818-1878
- Remarks
Born into a family of artists in Germany, Nahl studied art in Paris. He emigrated with his brother to the United States in 1849, and together they traveled to California goldfields, finally settling in San Francisco to work as commercial photographers and illustrators. Charles C. Nahl became one of the leading painters of California mining, vaquero, and pioneer life.
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