written by  +Robert Parsons Nicolai Fechin's Taos: His Home, Art and Life: "Indian Girl" "He felt particularly close to the Indians and his greatest American works were of Indians,"  Fechin's daughter, Eya said.   " He thought Pueblo Indians possessed the same spirit as well as other qualities of the Tartars of his homeland. He always painted his Indians as they were, never creating artificial scenes with nonauthentic props."  "He loved the place (Taos). He had found an American 'home'. He said the Taos mountains reminded him of the beauty he had seen in Siberia. He painted with fervor." (Balcomb xi-xii) "New Mexico encouraged him to paint landscapes. Like all the Taos artists, he appreciated the light of Taos." Eya said, about The Nicolai Fechin House, "A Russian house evolved out of New Mexico mud." “The house is the masterpiece of the collection. It really has to be looked at that way.” Fechin House in Taos by Bill Johnson Eya said, " He didn't like the power of art dealers and patrons. He believed that American artists were too fearful of losing control of their ideas and potential revenue.. .fostering a serious lack of exchange of ideas among artists." (Balcomb) Fechin's daughter: "Eya" And Fechin was especially offended by the power held by art dealers and patrons, fearing that the Commercial Art Word stifled creativity. Fechin said, "An artist should work every day with everything that is at hand. . . . It is necessary to exercise the hand and the eye the same way it is necessary for a musician to exercise every day his hearing and his hands." ( Fechin, The Builder, 1982) Fechin is called "one of the great artists of all time," a “living old master…an artist’s artist, The Michelangelo of our time," a "Moujik in art," and the "Tartar painter." In Taos, New Mexico, Fechin created some of his greatest art works and impressionist wood sculptures and busts.  Fechin perceived, and expressed in his art, the similarities and common identity, beauty, dignity and high culture of the Taos Pueblo Indians, Southwest Native Americans, and the Tartars of Kazan.  Nicolai Fechin " Self Portrait" Fechin's Charcoal Drawings:  Fechin painted with his charcoals (obtained from J. M. Paillard Co., Paris), sometimes holding them like a brush.  And he spared no effort to obtain the highest quality handmade paper from China.  Fechin's special paper was sometimes delivered by his friend Milan Rupert.  Other times he purchased it from Chinese dealers.  The qualities and uniqueness of each sheet of paper delighted Fechin. His masterworks could only have been created with this special paper. The paper's thinness imposed its own discipline, but the results are magnificent. Fechin's realism is beyond photography. The radiant bright highlights were produced with an eraser or sometimes white chalk, other times the unique paper was left empty. These must be seen in person to be truly experienced.  Fechin's charcoals were very thin, but he sharpened them even more,  making them so thin he had to make special holders for them.  But the precision, craftsmanship, realism and results are unequaled. Fechin Charcoal - "Cabin in the Woods" Nicolai Fechin Biography Timeline: NICOLAI FECHIN (1881-1955)  Nicolai Fechin was a mixed media and mosaic and fresco and paint muralist, easel painter, furniture designer and cabinet maker, plein air and easel painter, print maker and graphic designer, sculptor and wood carver. His work was made distinctive thru the use of his hands and fingers, palette knife and heavy texture. Fechin made heavy use of the palette knife directly on the canvas. Fechin's art contrasts both realism and abstraction, constantly flowing from one to the other and back. Fechin is also noted for his carved, impressionistic busts. He is among the world's greatest ethnic portrait painters. Portrait of Fechin the Artist Nicolai Fechin media included oil paints, inks, gouache, graphite pencils, charcoal, crayon, bronze, wood, and pastel paints. Fechin was a complete master of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, woodcarving and ceramics. He usually made his own canvases and frames, and worked directly on them without the use of sketches. The subjects of N. Fechins' art works included the human figure, nude figures, portraits, human head images, faces, portrait heads, female faces and figures, Native American Indians, cowboys, horses, mammals, animals, floral landscapes, wildflowers, architecture, buildings, houses, structures, human activity, landscapes, marine and maritime scenes, riverfronts, boats, canoes, nude figures, still lifes, floral still lifes, floral motifs and flowers.  On Nov. 28, 1881 Fechin was born in Kazan, Russia , capital of the Tartar Republic,  on the Volga River. Söyembikä Tower, Kazan (by  A.Savin) He grew up near to the Tartar Tribes, spending his childhood in the Volga Forest. This would prove important later when he recognized the common identity of the Tartars and the Taos Pueblo American Indians.  As a child he contracted  meningitis, ("Brain Fever"), and at fours years old he was critically ill and expected to die, but was healed by the touch of Ikon of Tischinskoya. The heavy iconostasis of Mother Mary (requiring two men to lift it) was passed over him and he made a miraculous recovery. His father, Ivan Alexandrovitch Fechin, taught him woodcarving. At only six years old, Fechin was so accomplished that he began to do all of his father's drawings for his carvings. "Portrait of the artist’s father" At 13 Fechin was honored with a six year scholarship to the Kazan Art School,  part of The Imperial Academy of Art of St. Petersburg, studying there from 1895 to 1900. He graduated with the highest possible grades and honors. The Kazan Art School was founded by his grandfather.  At the age of 19, he mentored with Ilya E. Repin, who instructed him in morality and truth in art. Repin was one of Fechin's most influential teachers. Repin, the most widely known 19th century Russian artist, was born August 5, 1844 and died September 29, 1930. Repin's important works include Barge Haulers on the Volga (1873). Repin taught the artist to focus on truth and morality, not just aesthetics. Repin wanted his students work to reflect the realities of life in Russia and to direct attention to social evils. Fechin said that Repin " valued everything more or less original in the student. ... He not only saw the work of the artist, but his soul as well.” Self Portrait by Repin,  Moscow Tretyakov Gallery He studied with Repin from 1900 to 1909 at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. As a student of Repin, Fechin completed several large historical master pieces in St.Petersburg. Then, after 1904, portraits became increasingly more important for him. Fechin was a student of Ilya Repin (1844-1930). Fechin himself trained Peter Kotov (1889-1953), who then went on to teach Sergei Bongart (1918–1985).   Bongart then taught Don Sahli. Nicolai Fechin as a student During  the Russian Japanese war, Repin left the temporarily closed academy and never returned. Fechin studied Architecture at this time. He learned anatomy and produced over 300 drawings. He mentored with Filipp Malyavin  (1896-1940) , who taught artistic technique and the use of bold, masculine and wide, nervous brush strokes and to use his fingers in the application of paint to enhance the texture. He also received instruction at the  Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, which later became Leningrad. In 1904 he visited Siberia with his friend, a geologist. The next summer he visited nearby villages observing and recording everyday life of the poor peoples. Fechin Portrait "Manuelita - with Intense Gaze"  After 1904 he worked increasingly on his portraits, which show the essence of individuality, the intensity of feeling, and radiant eyes. Fechin Portrait "Native American Necklace" Fechin's landscapes show the creative beauty and energy of nature itself. Fechin's portraits from Taos, his depictions of the Native American Indians and his visions of the high desert New Mexico landscape, are thought to be some of his greatest works. Fechin landscape in watercolors His treatment of hands and faces is noteworthy. "Hand" In 1908 he was awarded the  first prize at the Spring exhibition at  The Imperial Academy of Art of St. Petersburg. He won a second place medal at  the 1909 International Exhibition of the Munich Künstlergenossenschaft. After his graduation in 1909, Fechin taught at the Art School of Kazan.  He studied at he Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd (later called Leningrad).  The Bolshevik Revolution helped drive him from Russia. The Bolshevik government confiscated Alexandra's property. His parents died of typhoid fever. Fechin himself caught pneumonia and could not teach. In 1909 he was awarded a traveling scholarship to Europe. He visited the major museums and influential art galleries in Germany, Austria, Italy, and France. He learned to paint with a palette knife. Fechin used the palette knife to create abstract effects to emphasis movement and gestures. He did not so much mix colors, but rather built one color on top of another. He always stretched and prepared his own canvases, using different mediums for the under layer to achieve different effects across the painting. Fechin explains his use of colors: "To avoid murky results, it is necessary to learn how to use the three basic colors and to apply them, layer upon layer, in such a way that the underlying color shows through the next application. For instance, one can use blue paint, apply over it some red in such a manner that the blue and the red are seen simultaneously and thus produce the impression of a violet vibration. If, in the same careful manner, one puts upon his first combination a yellow color, a complete harmonization is reached - the colors are not mixed, but built one upon the other, retaining the full intensity of their vibrations." Fechin said, " For my own work, I do not like to use medium. This dissolves the paints too much. The pigments mix together and cannot retain their individual distinctiveness and thus again lose much of their fresh intensity." “As a matter of fact an artist has to deal with only three basic colors: red, blue, yellow (all the rest are combinations of these fundamental colors). Everyone knows this, but few pay attention to the fact. Thus the first step for the artist to learn to see these primary colors and to distinguish them separately one from the other.” His seemingly almost accidental brush strokes juxtapose each other yet flow together to reveal the powerful emotional content underneath. “... a high degree of expertise in technique has always had, and always will have, a predominant place in art. The subject, in itself, has value only according to the mode of the day. Tomorrow it will be superseded by a new fashion or fad. With the passing of time, the subject loses much of its meaning. But the fine execution of that subject retains its value...”    - Nicolai Fechin "Technique should be considered only as a means to an end but never as the end itself. To me, technique should be unlimited, fed by a constant growth in ability and understanding. It must never be mere virtuosity but an endless accumulation of qualities and wisdom."  - Nicolai Fechin "Girl in a orange Dress" In 1910, he showed at  the Seccession Exhibition in Munich.  In 1910 Fechin won the gold medal at the Prix de Rome for his painting called "Bearing off the Bride".  In 1910 he won the gold medal at the International Exhibition in Munich. In 1910 he helped found the  Commune of Artists. In 1914 he created his masterpiece "P ortrait of Varya Adoratskaya". Photo of Fechin the Artist From 1912 to 1920 he showed with the  Itinerants. From 1922 to 1926 he showed with the  Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (AKhRR).  In 1910 he received his first American exhibition at the International Exhibit of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. There his masterpiece " Madame Sapojnikova" was purchased  by W.S. Stimmel, his friend and patron. He showed at  the Munich Glaspalast. He was also commissioned to paint Lenin, Karl Marx, Frieda Lawrence, Willa Cather, Mabel Dodge Luhan, artist Eleanora Kissel,  Duane Van Vechten  (who herself followed Fechin to Taos and became an important Art Patron)  and Lillian Gish, as well as American Generals, including Douglas MacArthur. "Portrait of Frank Waters" In 1911 he won honors at  he Annual Winter Exhibition of the National Academy of Design in New York. From 1910 to 1914, he showed at the International Exhibition of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. He was discovered by  New York art patron W.S. Stimmel. Stimmel became his close friend and helped Fechin immigrate by selling his works and establishing a line of credit for him in America. Stimmel purchased his portrait of  Madame Sapojnikova. In 1912, he showed at  the Peredvizhniki group exhibitions.  In 1912, he showed at  the Independent Artist Association in St Petersburg.  Alexandra Belkovich (from  Forrest Fenn Archive) In 1913 Fechin married the beautiful and aristocratic Alexandra Belkovitch (1893 - 1983) . She was the teenage daughter of the founder of the Kazan Art School. In his deep love, Fechin named her "Tinka". In her love for him, she held their lives together, doing everything and freeing Nicolai to create his art. In 1914 the Fechins' only child, Eya, was born. "Eya" In 1914, he showed at  the Independent Artist Association in St Petersburg.  In 1914, he exhibited at the  International exhibition in Venice. He showed at he Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 along with Alfred Sisley, Puvis de Chavanne, Eugene Boudin, Camille Pissarro and Pierre Auguste Renoir. In 1916 he was honored to become a m ember of the Peredvizhniki group and a member of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. In 1918 Fechin was commissioned to paint the portrait of Vladimir Lenin. He created theater sets from 1920 to 1922. Fechin Charcoal: "Philosopher" 1920 Because of the violence of the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, Tinka and Eya had to flee 20 miles away to  the Pine Grove of Vasilievo, where her father purchased a house for them. As conditions worsened, they lost that home as well. Fechin's parents were stricken by typhoid fever which killed them. In extreme poverty, together with his wife and daughter, Fechin moved to America.  His wife demanded the move. On August 1, 1923, he arrived in New York. He began to sign his name in English, although he felt his Art Work was more important then his signature. His move was aided by W.S. Stimmel, Jack R. Hunter, American collectors and  architect John Burnham. Fechin became an instructor at the New York Academy of Art. Fechin Quotes: Fechin's advice to students Fechin, remembering his own art lessons, did not force his students into repetitious exercises.  But he always stressed that an artist must "see". He said, "The appearance of a truly new idea in art is always valuable, but only when it aims at fulfilling itself in an accomplished piece of work." "All creation is personal and belongs to you alone. The teacher must not touch this. His main reason for existence is to see that the work of the student is well thought out and constructively organized." Fechin also wrote,  “No one can teach you how to paint and how to draw except you yourself. You cannot learn how to paint by watching a well-trained master painting, until you yourself, have learned how to paint with some understanding first. Only by the path of much practice and experience can mature results be reached.” “Fine painting is simply a matter of putting the right colors in the right places on canvas.” “He would begin by looking at an empty canvas.  He would look at it and say, ‘This is a beautiful space and the only job of the artist is to fill that space in with harmony and balance.’ And if it was truly in harmony and balance you could put it upside down and it should still be in harmony and balance;  and if it wasn’t he would chuck it and start again.”  - Eya Fechin Photo of Nicolai Fechin courtesy Don Kurtz At this time Fechin began to show a special interest in portraying ethnic and dark skinned people. In 1923 he showed at the Exhibition of Russian Painting and Sculpture at the Brooklyn Art Museum. He also had a solo exhibition at  Art Institute of Chicago in 1923. In 1924, he received  the First prize of the New York Academy of Arts.  In 1924 he was honored with the first prize for portraits, the Thomas Proctor Award  for portraiture  at the National Academy Exhibition. He was honored by showing at the  Grand Central Art Gallery. In 1926, he was honored with the Gold Medal of the International Exhibition in Philadelphia. His friends included  Arshile Gorky and  David Burliuk,  the Father of Russian Futurism. Fechin's work was acquired by art lovers in  Italy, Germany, France and the United States as his fame grew. He made a portrait of novelist Willa Cather.  He traveled to California, New Mexico and Pennsylvania. John Young-Hunter and his wife Mary, Fechin's artist friends, urged Fechin to go West and see the "real" America. In 1926, persuaded by John Young-Hunter and his wife, Mary,  he moved to Taos, New Mexico,  seeking relief from his tuberculosis. He would live there among the Peoples of the Pueblo, Apache and Navajo nations. "Young Native American Boy"   by Nicolai Fechin Fechin was 42 years old when he began to work in Taos. Even today, the Taos Art Colony ( founded by Bert  Phillips and E.L. Blumenschein) , arguably has the world's most artists per capita. Mabel Dodge Luhan,  whose generosity helped so many artists relocate to Taos, also invited Fechin to Taos. He lodged in Taos with her. Mabel Dodge Luhan House (courtesy NPS) Nicolai Fechin: Across two continents: Fechin felt at home in Taos, as it felt to him like the  Russian Caucasus. Having a lifelong fascination with all Native peoples, he saw the Taos Pueblo Native American Indians as the same as the poor Natives of Russia. He saw the Indigenous Natives as having the same human spirit worldwide. In Taos, his art showed the creative energy and dignity of both the  Peoples and the Earth itself. "Mountain in Winter" by Nicolai Fechin His palette brightened in Taos with his portrayal of the Native Peoples. He was fascinated by the Native Americans' heritage, customs, culture and vibrant colors. Fechin loved both America and Russia. In return he was loved, recognized and honored across two continents. He said about America:  “There is peace and freedom in their country. One can work, paint whatever one likes." The Kazan Art Center in Russia has the world's largest collection of his Art. Russia's premiere art school has been renamed "The Fechin Art School". Eya returned his ashes for burial in Kazan in Russia. While Fechin always thought that he would return home to Russia, he never did.  He said:   “One comfort is that fate has divided my life between two great people.” "Old Pueblo Man" In Taos, Fechin found other fellow New York artists including  John Marin, Robert Henri, Andrew Dasburg, and Marsden Hartley. In 1928 he acquired a home in Taos, next to the Taos Peublo, and adjacent to the Luhans' land, later to be called The Nicolai Fechin House. Fechin's seven acres of land bordered the Native Taos Indian Pueblo and reservation. Fechin converted a building in the back to a studio. He hand built an ornate adobe house, which would later become the Fechin Institute. In Taos he developed lead poisoning from using his thumb and fingers to apply paint. A public anger outburst from Nicolai, led Alexandra to demand a divorce. As Alexandra also managed Nicolai's business affairs and handled everything else for him, the divorce left him isolated and incapacitated. After their divorce in 1933, Fechin stopped work on the house, but  Alexandra continued to live there until her death in 1983.   The Nicolai Fechin House is considered an Art Work Masterpiece and has been open to the public since 1981.  It combines the architecture of the Tatars with the Native Indian architecture of Taos.  The Taos Art Museum is part of the Fechin Institute established by Eya in honor of her father.  "Bring Taos art back to Taos" is slogan of The Taos Art Museum, because so much great art has left Taos.  The Fechin Institute is open to the public.  The Nicolai Fechin House is on the  National Register of Historic Places. Fechin House - His Daughter's Playroom(by Scott Moore) Fechin left his house to his wife and daughter. He continued his friendship with  John Young-Hunter. Fechin's Art from his time in Taos is considered his best. His colors brightened in Taos as he portrayed the high desert landscape and Native peoples. "He painted with fervor". He worked in Taos for seven years before he moved to Hollywood Hills,  encouraged by Earl Stendahl who had a gallery and studio there.  There he lived near his daughter Eya. Eya Fechin grew from, “being my mother's little girl... to my father's closest friend." Photo of Eya Fechin Eya Fechin was born on  Jun. 14, 1914 at  Kazan,  Tatarstan Republic, Russia. Eya married  Bennett Branham (1923 - 1996) and had one daughter,  Nicaela "Nikki" Donner nee Branham. As Fechins daughter, she grew up totally immersed in Art.  As a teenager she was already acquainted with  Dorothy Brett, Frieda Lawrence, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Spud Johnson. In the 1930s she danced in Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" at the Hollywood Bowl. Eya married Dave Rudyhar, philosopher, astrologer and musician. Later she remarried to Bennett Branham, father of her daughter, Nicaela known as Nikki. In the 1940s she became a modern dance therapist, beginning a psychodrama department at the Iowa state mental hospital. In 1976, Eya helped return her Fathers' ashes to Russia, according to his wishes. She helped organize international exchanges of Fechin's work. She was a resident of San Cristobal, New Mexico,  where she had a special stage built for her dance therapy. Eya was a founder of the Fechin Institute in Taos in 1981, which re-opened her childhood home to the public. She died on Sep. 20, 2002 at Taos, Taos County,  New Mexico, USA. In 1932, Nicolai Fechin showed at the  Exhibition of Russian art in Philadelphia.  After his divorce in 1933 he traveled to Santa Monica, California.  In 1936 he went to Mexico and made many drawings. "Mexican Grandma" In 1936 he started an art school in Santa Monica.  In 1938 he traveled to Bali, but had to leave because of Japanese military hostilities. Fechin loved Bali, but found the wetness harmed his health. "Girl with an earring from Bali" He visited  Mexico, Japan, Java and Bali and Indonesia. He took his students with him to learn to paint in Mexico and  Bali in the South Seas. In the 1940s in response to Eya's requests, he purchased his Santa Monica studio. Eya married in the 1940s, becoming Eya Fechin Branham. She worked as a modern dancer and dance therapist, starting a state mental hospital psychodrama department in Iowa. Eya said Nicolai was content in  Santa Monica ,  "in contrast to his withdrawn silent attitude towards people in the past."  (Balcomb xvi) In Taos, Fechin's life had centered around work and his family. He stayed away from socializing. Fehin was uncomfortable with speaking english. Although he began signing his name in English soon after his arrival, he thought his art works best expressed himself. Nicolai Fechin signature In 1955, persuaded by John Burnham, one of his greatest collectors, he had a retrospectives in San Diego and La Jolla.  He died at his Santa Monica home on October 5, 1955. Today his largest collection of art is at the  Fechin Center in Kazan. The Fechin Center showed a retrospective in his honor in 1981, the 100th anniversary of his birth. Russia has not forgotten her prodigal son. He achieved the highest honors and recognition across two continents while he lived, and worldwide today. In 1976, Eya returned his ashes for burial in Russia. He was buried in  Arskoe Cemetery with a small, granite marker amongst the Russian Aristocrats. In 1981 Eya Fechin Branham started the Fechin Institute in Taos, a non-profit, educational organization located in Fechin House, his Taos home.  ...................................  Nicolai Ivanovich Fechin Highest Auction Prices (Click links below to view these major Nicolai Fechin paintings online) "The Little Cowboy"  Price: $10,817,000 google.com "BEARING AWAY THE BRIDE"  Price $3,330,500  sothebys "Portrait of Mademoiselle Podbelskaya"  Price $3,296,950 KGallery "Mrs. Fechin and Daughter"  1922  Price $2,252,360 Encore Editions "Nude"  Price $1,947,530 google.com "Tonita"  Price $1,105,000 flickr "The Wood Engraver, W.G. Watt, A.N.A."  Price $1,092,500 google.com "Indian Girl with Sunflowers"  Price $1,080,000 artnet "FRIENDS"  Price $993,000 google.com "TEA IN SANTA MONICA (PORTRAIT OF MRS. KRAG)"  Price: $909,000 Lujon Magazine "PORTRAIT OF DUANE" 50.00" x 40.00"    1926  Oil / Canvas  P rice:   $902,500 galleryintell "NUDE WOMAN" 30.00" x 25.25"   1923   Oil / Canvas Price:     $872,500 google.com "The Little Cowboy"   30" x 20"  Oil / Canvas  Price:    $632,500 pintrest "Portrait of Kate" 30.00" x 25.00"   1926  Oil / Canvas Price:    $586,260 google.com "Lolita"  20.00" x 18.00"   Oil / Canvas Price:   $555,750 iamachild  "RUSSIAN GIRL" 15.08" x 12.09"   Oil / Canvas Price:  $540,480 artvalue "MY GARDENER'S BABY"  19.88" x 15.25"     1928-29   Oil / Canvas  P rice:     $485,000 google.com "Lillian Gish as Romola"  49.20" x 45.20"    1925   Oil / Canvas Price:     $464,000 google.com "The Drum Player"   32.25" x 19.25"   Oil / Canvas Price:   $460,500 r-atencio "STILL LIFE - KETTLE #2"   24.00" x 20.00"   Oil / Canvas   Price:     $431,250 google.com "AT HOME IN NEW YORK" 18.00" x 22.00"   1924  Oil / Canvas on board Price:     $413,000 google.com "Antonio Triana as a Gypsy" 23.88" x 19.88"   Oil / Canvas Price:     $392,500 doyle "Still Life with Grapefruit"  24.13" x 28.13"   Oil / Canvas   Price:     $384,000 google.com Recent Auction and sales prices: " Rebecca Salsbury James"   20" x 16"   Oil / Canvas   $125,000 05/19/2016 "PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN"  Oil on Canvas  $100,000   06/09/2016 "Portrait of a woman"  Charcoal Drawing  $10,980   03/21/2017 "Portrait of a Woman with Yellow Head Wrap"  Oil on canvas  $46,130  02/19/2017 "Portrait of a Boy"  Oil on canvas     $30,750    06/18/2017 Fechin's Art prices have risen steadily. Please contact the Gallery for the latest prices and current inventory.  Parsons does not offer Nicolai Fechin prints, because no print can compare to the real paintings.  Parsons invites you to visit the Galleries to experience the unmatched beauty of the real art.  Nicolai Fechin Paintings include: "Portrait of the Artist’s Wife"  1925 "Portrait of Varya Adoratskaya"  "Still Life Daisies"  "Spring in the Steppe"  "The Corn Dancer"  "Beaver Dam"  "Friends"  "Madame Sapojnikova"  "Nude Figure"  1911 "Seated Nude" Oil on Canvas,  c. 1950 "Mexican in a Cowboy Hat" Charcoal on Paper  "Lady in Pink" (Portrait of Natalia Podbelskaya)  "Portrait of a Young Woman"  1912, oil on canvas "Girl in Purple Dress"  "Indian Girl with Pottery"  "Pietro"  "Portrait of Mr. Gorson"  "Ella Young"  "Standing Nude"  "Spring in the Steppe"  (1913) "Girl Holding Peaches"  "Bearing off the Bride"  "The Philosopher"  "Reading the Newspaper, the Artist's Father"  "Taos, Flowers In Henry Sharp's Yard' "Juan" "Russian Landscape, Village Of Hope, Kazan Province" "The Chicken House" "Head Of Mexican Man" "Nikki Rupert" "La Abuela (The Grandmother)" "Girl In Green Blouse" "Russian Lady" "Indian Boy In Blue" "Mother And Child (Alexandra Belkovitch Fechin & Eya Fechin Branham)"   c. 1917 "Mexican Boy" "Winter Scene (Snow Fell On The Mountains At Taos)" "Girl With Orange Shawl" "Eya, My Daughter" "Lola (Mrs. Triano), Spanish Dancer" "Daffodils" "Joe With Drum" "Adobe House" "Wood Carriers (Two Donkeys In Forest)" "Indian Corn" "The Indian Dancers" "Black And White Cow" "Old Adobe And Chickens" "Cow And Calf" "Eya" "Self-Portrait" “Coral Beads”   portrait of Alexandra Belkovitch painted in 1910 "Alexandra on the Volga"  1912 Nicolai Fechin Museum Collections include: Anschutz Collection  Arizona State University Art Museum  Art Institute of Chicago  Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center  Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC  Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art  Fechin Center in Kazan  Frye Art Museum Figge Art Museum Great Plains Art Museum  Harmsen Western Art Collection Harvard University Art Museums Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, Leningrad Indianapolis Museum of Art Kazan Museum  Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art  Museum of Art at Brigham Young University  Museum of New Mexico  National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum  National Cowboy Hall of Fame National Portrait Gallery Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum  Phoenix Art Museum Rockwell Museum of Western Art Roswell Museum and Art Center  San Diego Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Springville Museum of Art  Stark Museum of Art  The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art  The University of Arizona Museum of Art Tucson Museum of Art USC Fisher Gallery  Vanderveer Spratlen Collection  William Foxley Collection-Western  Woolaroc Museum  Nicolai Fechin Exhibitions: Art Institute of Chicago  California State Fair, 1927  Carmel Art Association  Charles Russell Art Show  Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC  Foundation of Western Artists, 1936 (medal of honor)  Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940  Imperial Academy of FA, Petrograd, 1908 (1st prize)  International Glass Palace, Munich, 1909 (gold medal)  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1930 LACMA, 1935 (1st prize) Maxwell Gallery (San Francisco), 1968  National Academy of Design, 1924 (Proctor prize) Oakland Art Gallery, 1939 Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915  Stendahl Gallery (Los Angeles), 1925, 1930s-1940s Nicolai Fechin studied and taught art at: Grand Central School (Academy) of Art, Teacher Kazan Art School, Russia-Student Nicolai Fechin Awards include: Prix de Rome - Gold Medal In 1924, at the National Academy Exhibition, The Thomas Proctor Award for best portrait Nicolai Fechin Museum Collections On Line include: (Click on links below to view Nicolai Fechin paintings) "Manicure Lady"   ca. 1917 taosnews.com "Bearing Away the Bride" sothebys "The Little Cowboy" google.com "Portrait of Mademoiselle Podbelskaya" KGallery "Mrs. Fechin and Daughter" Encore Editions "Lady in Pink" "Madam Sapojnikoff" "Portrait" Study "Portrait of Abramychev" "Portrait of a Young Woman" "Nude Figure" Art Institute of Chicago "Nude Figure, 1911" "Portrait of My Father, 1912" "Portrait of Miss Sapojnikoff, 1908" "Lady in Pink (Portrait of Natalia Podbelskaya), 1912" Frye Free Public Art Museum "Eya" "The Indian Dancers" "Joe with Drum" "Lola (Mrs. Triana), Spanish Dancer" "Barge Captain" "Fechin’s Father" "Nikki Rupert" "Girl in Orange Shawl" "Mother and Child" Stark Museum of Art "Boris Karloff" National Portrait Gallery Nicolai Fechin References and further information: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" Nicolai Fechin: Across Two Continents, Amy Scott, Gerald Peters Gallery. Edition Fechin: The Builder, Eya Fechin, Santa Fe: Blue Feather Press, 1982 Eya Fechin with Moses Porter Nicolai FechinHarold McCracken, 1961 The Hammer Galleries Nicolai FechinMary N. Balcomb, 1975 Northland Press Nicolai Fechin - Persimmon Hill vol. 8 #3 various, 1978 The Cowboy Hall of Fame SAMUELS' Encyclopedia of ARTISTS of THE AMERICAN WEST, Peggy and Harold Samuels, 1985, Castle Publishing The Vadeboncoeur Collection of KnowledgeJim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. 1998 Fechin, Alexandra. March of the Past. Santa Fe: Writers' Editions, Rydal Press, 1937 Waters, Frank. "Nicolai Fechin," Arizona Highways, February, 1952 Click any Nicolai Fechin art work to download larger paintings Nicolai Fechin Paintings at Parsons Now. Nicolai Fechin Drawings at Parsons Now. Nicolai Fechin Charcoals at Parsons Now. 131 BENT STREET • TAOS, NEW MEXICO 87571 (575) 751 0159 • (800) 613 5091 • FAX (575) 758 8698 Email:  parsons@parsonsart.com Please call the Gallery at (575) 751-0159 for current inventory or any questions