Nikolai Ivanovich Fechin (1881 - 1955)
Nikolai Ivanovich Fechin
Nikolai Ivanovich Fechin (Russian: Николай Иванович Фешин) was a Russian and American artist of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, master of domestic and portrait genres, representative of Impressionism and Art Nouveau. Nikolai Fechin was also a graphic artist, sculptor, and carver, and at the initial stage of his professional career he showed himself as a teacher.
Nikolai Fechin spent a considerable part of his life in emigration, where he quickly managed to achieve recognition and commercial success. He created more than two thousand works, which are now scattered around the world. The largest collection of Fechin's works is in Russia in the Museum of Fine Arts of Tatarstan. And some of his works are in the collections of more than thirty museums in the United States, as well as in private collections.
| Date and place of birt: | 26 november 1881, Kazan, Russian Empire |
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| Date and place of death: | 5 october 1955, Santa Monica, USA |
| Nationality: | Russia, USA |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Graphic artist, Painter, Sculptor, Wood carver |
| Genre: | Genre art, Portrait |
| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
