Annotated Bibliography

Selected Works

Nicolai Fechin Selected Bibliography

 

Ainsworth, Ed. Painters of the Desert. Palm Springs, CA: Desert Magazine, 1960.

 

Balcomb, Mary N. Nicolai Fechin. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1975.

  • Principle biography of Fechin, with foreword by his daughter Eya. Many illustrations in color.

 

Fechin, Alexandra. March of the Past. Santa Fe: Writers’ Editions, Rydal Press, 1937.

  • The wife of Nicolai Fechin tells of her experiences during the Russian Revolution.

 

Fechin, Eya. Fechin: The Builder. Santa Fe: Blue Feather Press, 1982.

  • Publication by Nicolai Fechin’s daughter on his home in Taos, his carved furniture and his wood sculpture.

 

___. 1987. Interview by Rodger Rak (Curator, Stark Museum of Art) at Taos, NM. August 26-27, 1987.

  • Partial transcript. Archives, Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX.

 

___. “Teenage Memories of Taos: Artist’s Daughter Recollects the ‘Real’ America,” American West XXI, no.6 (1984):

  • 29-36.

 

Fenn, Forrest. The Genius of Nicolai Fechin: Recollections by Forrest Fenn. Santa Fe: One Horse Land & Cattle

  • Company, 2001.

  • Photographs from Fechin’s Mexico trip with general essay on the artist.

 

Good, Stephen L. “The Works of N. Fechin,” Gilcrease Magazine 8, no.1[special  issue] (1986): 1-31.

  • Entire issue dedicated to Fechin, includes biography.

 

Hunt, David C. “Nicolai Fechin’s Portraits from Life,” American Art Review XVI, no. 2 (2004): 122-129.

  • Essay on Fechin’s portraiture by former Stark Museum of Art Director.  Illustrated with works from the Stark Museum of Art collection.

 

Hunter, Richard. ”Nicolai Fechin: A Look at Life,” Fine Art Connoisseur III, no. 5 (2006): 34-38.

  • Essay on Fechin’s life by former Collections Manager of the Stark Museum of Art. Illustrated with works from the Stark Museum of Art  collection.

 

Jellico, John. “Master of Emotion and Intellect,” Southwest Art 21, no. 6 (1991): 64.

 

_____. “N.F. Nicolai Fechin,” Southwestern Art V, no. 2 (1976): 19-32.

 

_____. “N. Fechin,” Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West, Summer (1981): 74-83.

 

_____. “Nicolai Fechin” American Artist 23, no. 3(1959): 22-27, 63-64.

 

McCracken, Harold. Nicolai Fechin. New York: The Hammer Galleries, 1961. 

 

National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center. “Nicolai Fechin,” Persimmon Hill, [special issue]  

  • Summer, 1978.

  • Entire issue dedicated to Fechin, includes Autobiography: the Russian Years, and Fechin on Art by Nicolai Fechin as well as other articles by his daughter and four Fechin critics.

 

Nelda C. & H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation. Nicolai Fechin: For the Love of Art. Orange, TX: Nelda C. & H.J.

  • Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1987.

 

Nordmann, Joseph B. “N Fechin a Personal Memory,” Western Art  Digest XII Summer (1985): 80-89.

 

Paladin, Vivian A. “From the Volga to the Pacific,” Art West VI September  October (1981): 69-75.

 

Porter, Dean A. Fechin: A Taos Homecoming: December 23, 2006 – August 26, 2007. Taos: Taos Art Museum &

  • Fechin House, 2006.

  • Exhibition catalog celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of the Russian born artist. Sixteen works from the Stark Museum of Art collection are featured, including one wood sculpture.

 

Samuels, Peggy and Harold Samuels. Techniques of the Artists of the American  West. Secaucus, NJ: The Wellfleet

  • Press, 1990.

  • Includes an examination of a Fechin painting for technique and style.  

 

Schriever, George. “Nicolai Fechin: Russian Artist in the American West,”  American West, XIX, no. 3 (1982): 34+.

 

Scott, Amy. Nicolai Fechin: Across Two Continents. Santa Fe: Gerald Peters Gallery, 1997.

  • Includes interview with Fechin’s daughter, Eya.

 

Tuluzakova, Galina. “The Art of Nicolai Fechin,” El Palacio 109, no.2  (2004): 20-25.

 

 _____. НИКОЛАЙ  фЕШИН 1881-1955.  [Nicolai Fechin 1881-1955] ИзЛатеЛьСТвО ЗОЛОтОЙ ВеΚ, 2007.

  • Majority of text in Russian, with seven page summary in English. Contains 270 plates (most in color) includes works from the Stark Museum of Art  collection.

 

Van Deventer, M.J. “Nicolai Fechin,” Southwest Art  November (1991): 60+.

 

Waters, Frank. “Nicolai Fechin,” Arizona Highways  XXVIII, no. 2 (1952): 14-26.


Selected titles may be available for purchase in the Museum Store. For Museum Store information call 409-886-2787 ext. 13.
 

You can also consult your local library. Books not in the holdings of your local library can often be borrowed through inter-library loan.
 

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