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Charles Christian Nahl
German American painter
Carl Christian Heinrich Nahl (October 18, 1818 – March 1, 1878), later known as Charles Nahl (sometimes he is recorded as Karl Nahl, Charles Christian Nahl or Charles C.
Nahl), was a German-born painter who lived in the United States for the last half of his life.
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He lived most of those 30 years in California and is considered among the state's first significant painters.
Leaving political unrest in the Electorate of Hesse and France, Nahl immigrated to New York City in 1848 with family and friends.
He moved to California the following year, at first hoping for luck in the gold rush. He and his family settled in what became part of the United States, living in Sacramento until 1852 and then in San Francisco.
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Early years
Born in 1818, Carl Christian Nahl was the son of Georg Valentin Friedrich Nahl (1791–1857) and Henriette (Weickh) Nahl (1796–1863). His parents divorced in 1826. He came from a long line of artists and s