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Dec 08, 1881 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia Died on 05 Oct 1955 (aged 73)
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About Nicolai Fechin
- Nicolai Fechin (Nikolai Ivanovich Feshin; Russian: ??????? ???????? ?????; 26 November 1881 (Kazan, Russia) – 5 October 1955 (Santa Monica, California)) was a Russian-American painter known for his portraits and works featuring Native Americans, and who was eventually known in the West, because of his roots, as "the Tartar painter".
- After graduating with the highest marks from the Imperial Academy of Arts and traveling in Europe under a Prix de Rome, he returned to his native Kazan, where he taught and painted.
- He exhibited his first work in the United States in 1910 in an international exhibition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- After immigrating with his family to New York in 1923 and working there for a few years, Fechin developed tuberculosis and moved West for a drier climate.
- He and his family settled in Taos, New Mexico, where he became fascinated by Native Americans and the landscape.
- His best work while in the United States was of these elements.
- The adobe house which he renovated in Taos is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is used as the Taos Art Museum.
- After leaving Taos in 1933, Fechin eventually settled in southern California.
