Nikolai Fyodorovich Smolin (1888 - 1962)
1888-07-16Perm, Russian Empire1962-05-01Novosibirsk, Russian EmpireRussia, USSR, Russian Empire
Nikolai Fyodorovich Smolin
Nikolai Fyodorovich Smolin (Russian: Николай Фёдорович Смолин) was a Russian and Soviet artist of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a portrait painter.
Throughout his career, Nikolai Smolin painted landscapes, still lifes, and paintings with topical subjects on historical and domestic themes, but he became most famous for his portraits. When creating them, the artist combined realism with the impressionist school of his teacher Nikolai Fechin.
Date and place of birt: | 16 july 1888, Perm, Russian Empire |
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Date and place of death: | 1 may 1962, Novosibirsk, Russian Empire |
Nationality: | Russia, USSR, Russian Empire |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Genre painter, Graphic artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Genre art, History painting, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life |
Art style: | Impressionism, Realism, Socialist realism |