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Description: | Nickholds attended the Wolverhampton School of Art junior department for two years, starting when he was 13 years old. On leaving the junior department he joined the Wolverhampton commercial art studio Bradbury & Thompson but continued to go to evening classes at the school. He attained certificates for Life and Memory Drawings, Intermediate Design, Lettering Advanced, Commercfial Art (Distinction) and Wood Carving. When war broke out in 1939 he joined the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) and was posted to France. He was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. Nickholds was discharged from the army in 1946 and rejoined Bradbury & Thompson, eventually becoming their Head Artist. He went on to start his own company, B. G. Nickholds Ltd.
Pencil drawing of a male anatomical figure viewed from the back. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fine arts Males Works on paper Muscles Human anatomy Drawings | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Nickholds; Benjamin G. (1917 - 2004) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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