I quote the following paragraph from the Studio of April, 1903:  “Miss C. M. Nichols is an artist of unquestionable talent, and her work in the various mediums she employs deserves careful attention.  She paints well both in water-colors and in oil, and her etchings are among the best that the lady artists of our time have produced.  Her drawing is good, her observation is close and accurate, and she shows year by year an improvement in design.  Miss Nichols was for several years the only lady fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers.”

Her “Brancaster Staithe” and “Fir Trees, Crown Point,” dry points, are in the Norwich Art Gallery, presented by Sir Seymour Haden, president of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers.  Two of her works, a large oil painting of “Earlham” and a water-color of “Strangers’ Hall,” have been purchased by subscription and presented to the Norwich Castle Art Gallery.

NICOLAU Y PARODY, TERESA. Member of the Academy of San Fernando and of the Academy of San Carlos of Valencia.  This artist, who was born in Madrid, early showed an enthusiasm for painting, which she at first practised in various styles, but gradually devoted herself entirely to miniature.  She has contributed to many public exhibitions, and has received many prizes and honorable mentions, as well as praise from the critics.  Among her portraits are those of Isabel de Braganza, Washington, Mme. de Montespan, Mme. Dubarry, Queen Margaret of Austria, and Don Carlos, son of Philip II.  Her other works include a “Magdalen in the Desert,” “Laura and Petrarch,” “Joseph with the Christ-Child,” “Francis I. at the Battle of Pavia,” and many good copies after celebrated painters.

NIEDERHAeUSEN, MLLE. SOPHIE. Medal at the Swiss National Exposition, 1896.  Member of the Exposition permanente de l’Athenee, Geneva.  Born at Geneva.  Pupil of Professor Wymann and M. Albert Gos, and of M. and Mme. Demont-Breton in France.

Mlle. Niederhaeusen paints landscapes principally, and has taken her subjects from the environs of Geneva, in the Valais, and in Pas-de-Calais, France.

Her picture, called the “Bord du Lac de Geneve,” was purchased by the city and is in the Rath Museum.  She also paints flowers, and uses water-colors as well as oils.

NOBILI, ELENA. Silver medal at the Beatrice Exposition, Florence, 1890.  Born in Florence, where she resides.  She is most successful in figure subjects.  She is sympathetic in her treatment of them and is able to impart to her works a sentiment which appeals to the observer.  Among her pictures are “Reietti,” “The Good-Natured One,” “September,” “In the Country,” “Music,” and “Contrasts.”

NORMAND, MRS. ERNEST—­HENRIETTA RAE. Medals in Paris and at Chicago Exposition, 1893.  Born in London, 1859.  Daughter of T. B. Rae, Esquire.  Married the artist, Ernest Normand, 1884.  Pupil of Queen’s Square School of Art, Heatherley’s, British Museum, and Royal Academy Schools.  Began the study of art at the age of thirteen.  First exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880, and has sent important pictures there annually since that time.