Nicolai Fechin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolai Fechin

American artist

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1881

Place of Birth: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1955

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.