The biography of Feshin

Nikolai Feshin Nikolai Feshin; November 26 - October 5 Nikolai Feshin was also a talented graph and sculptor, and at the initial stage of a professional career, he proved himself a brilliant mentor for young colleagues. The best masterpieces of the artist’s work, including most of his paintings, are stored today in the museums of Russia and the USA, and the biography of the master is saturated with interesting facts.

Nikolai Feshin. The photo portrait of the artist, Nikolai Feshin was a vivid representative of impressionism in the history of Russian fine art, but he spent a significant part of his life in exile. Soon after the October Revolution, the master left his native lands forever and left for the United States, where he very quickly managed to achieve recognition and commercial success.

The painting “Exit from the catacombs after prayer”, the biography of Nikolai Feshin Nikolai Ivanovich Feshin was born on November 26 in Kazan in the family of a artisan. His father was a skilled woodcarker and the owner of a small workshop for the manufacture of iconostases for Orthodox churches. At the age of four, Nikolai almost died of meningitis, but still survived, despite the disappointing forecasts of the doctors.

The painting “Lady in Lilov”, after recovery, the brisk boy became quiet and closed, he shunned peers and loved to spend time alone. And for six years, he was seriously carried away by drawing and soon began to help his father in the workshop. Having graduated from elementary school, Nikolai entered the Kazan Art College, but soon found himself in a very difficult situation: his father ruined, his parents divorced and left the city.

Left alone, the young man was forced to independently provide himself with money, but did not abandon his studies. The painting “Cheremis's Wedding”, after graduating from the school, Summer Feshin went to St. Petersburg, where he successfully passed his entrance exams at the Imperial Academy of Arts on his first attempt and became a student of this prestigious educational institution.

Natives of low -income families in those days relied on certain benefits, so Nikolai’s training was paid from the state budget, and he ate in a free public dining room. The painting "Kaputnitsa", for 9 long years, Nikolai Feshin lived in St. Petersburg, conscientiously attending classes and actively experimenting with different materials. Initially, he was determined in the group of Professor Peter Myasoedov, but after the second year he was lucky enough to get into the class of the great Ilya Repin, who instilled in an interest in impressionism.

Due to the catastrophic lack of money, the classes in the audiences Feshin had to be constantly combined with the implementation of random orders, and on vacation he worked as a drawing teacher. The painting "Pouring", nevertheless, in the year Nikolai Feshin graduated with honors from the Academy and received the right to a pension trip abroad. The young artist immediately took advantage of this sentence and went on a long journey through Europe.

He visited many different countries, including Germany, Austria, Italy and France, and then returned to Kazan, where he was offered the position of teacher of his native art school. The painting “Portrait of Vary Adoratic”, the most fruitful and successful stage in the creative career of the painter began. Nikolai Ivanovich combined teaching with painting, and many of his work were awarded with prestigious exhibitions in Russia and abroad.

In addition, in Kazan, the artist became interested in portrait painting, and this popular genre brought him a good income. And in the year, Feshin married his student Alexander Belkovich, in this marriage he had the only child - the daughter of Iya, who later also became an artist. The painting “Portrait of N. Sapozhnikova”, but in the year of the happy life of a talented master came to an end.

Immediately after the February Revolution, the art in the country fell into decline and Nikolai Feshin had to quit work at school. Together with his family, he moved to the village to escape from hunger and terror. At the same time, his father and mother died of typhoid. Having returned after the end of the Civil War in Kazan, the artist was forced to obey the Soviet regime and earned a living by fulfilling propaganda orders.

The painting "Brotherhood", not wanting to put up with the surrounding reality, Feshin decided to leave Russia forever. With the help of foreign friends, he managed to get from Kazan to Riga, and from there to sail on a ship in the United States. Upon arrival in America, he settled with his family in New York and very quickly managed to adapt to the new country. Thanks to the old connections of the authoritative artist, they hired a teacher at the Academy of Arts, and his works were eagerly allowed to participate in exhibitions.

The painting “Iya with a mel”, even before departure to America, Nikolai Feshin fell ill with tuberculosis and he had to make a lot of effort to restore health. The New York Wet climate was poorly suitable for rehabilitation, so in the year the master and family moved south, to a small town of Taos in the state of New Mexico, where the international colony of artists was located.He bought a house, completely rebuilt housing on his own project, became interested in the culture of local Indians and led a very calm and successful life.

The picture “Summer”, but in the year the artist’s wife demanded a divorce, and he moved to California with his daughter, settled in Santa Monica, where he received the work of a painting teacher. Later, several times, on behalf of the American government, Nikolai Feshin took part in creative foreign trips, visiting Mexico and the country of the Far East. In the year, Iya married and left for New York.

The great master spent the rest of his life alone, wrote a detailed autobiography and continued to create until the last days. And on October 5, Nikolai Feshin suddenly died at the age of 73 in his studio right behind the easel. The drawing “Girl from Bali Island”, the most famous paintings by Nikolai Feshin, the brilliant Russian painter for his life created more than 2 original works.

And yet, among the most famous paintings by Nikolai Feshin, they include: “Cheremis's Wedding” is a work for which the young artist received the first serious award of the academy and a solid monetary prize in the amount of 1 rubles. The author in the smallest details depicted the ancient wedding ceremony of the Mari, which made a huge impression on the public. For this skillful masterpiece, the graduate was awarded the gold medal and was awarded with commendable reviews of critics in the capital's press.

The picture is a continuation of the "ethnographic cycle" of works created in the pre -revolutionary period of creativity. On it, the artist depicted a famous collector who provided him with great help when moving from Russia to America.