Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin (1842 - 1909)

Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin

Nikolay Nikolaevich Karazin (Russian: Николай Николаевич Каразин) was a Russian artist of the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. He is known as a painter and drawer, battle-painter, genre painter, animalist, illustrator, as well as a writer.

Nikolay Karazin, as an officer, participated in the march of the Russian army to Turkestan, and then went on scientific expeditions to this region. During these trips the artist created many watercolor sketches and studies depicting the nature and life of the peoples of Central Asia, as well as battle paintings. Karazin published his drawings in Russian and European magazines, illustrated books, and was one of the authors of the first art postcard in Russia.