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Kazan, Russia
D. Santa Monica, CA
Biography
Nicolai Fechin
B. Kazan, Russia D. Santa Monica, CA
Nicolai Fechin ( - ) was a Russian-American painter known for his portraits and works featuring Native Americans.
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 in an international exhibition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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After immigrating with his family to New York in 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 leavin