nicolai Fechin was an outstanding painter and master of drawing at the beginning of the 20th century. Despite the fact that he chose to emigrate to the U.S. where he spent half of his life, he always remained a Russian artist. For Fechin, art was the essence, form and style of life- it was everything. He perceived the world through shape, color, line, and composition, but his artistic methods and technical refinements never became ends in themselves-his magical artistry was connected to a deep comprehension of nature.