Robert Nickle

For the 19th-century English army officer, see Robert Nickle (British Army officer).

Robert Wienert Nickle (May 22, 1919 – November 12, 1980)^[1] was a 20th-century American artist known primarily for his "street scrap" collage work.

Robert Nickle
Born	Robert Wienert Nickle (1919-05-22)May 22, 1919 Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Died	November 12, 1980(1980-11-12) (aged 61)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	Artist

Abstract collage by Robert Nickle

Nickle was born in Saginaw, Michigan. In 1943, he graduated from the University of Michigan where he studied architecture and design. He enlisted in the Navy that May, and served in the South Pacific.^[2]

Nickle worked and taught primarily in Chicago, Illinois where he was affiliated with the New Bauhaus under László Moholy-Nagy, then with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

Exhibits

Robert Nickle's work is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Indianapolis Museum, Smithsonian Museum, Carnegie Institute Museum and the National Gallery in Washington.