Nikolai Chekhov
Nikolai Chekhov | |
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| Николай Чехов | |
| File:Nikolay Chekhov.jpg Portrait, c. 1870 | |
| Born | May 23, 1858 Taganrog, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 29, 1889 (aged 31) Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Education | Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture |
Nikolai Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Николай Павлович Чехов; May 23, 1858 – June 29, 1889) was a Russian painter. He was a brother of Anton Chekhov.
Biography
[edit | edit source]As a child Chekhov showed talents for art and music. He attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He was unable to finish his studies due to chronic alcoholism and the periods of time, often weeks, which he would spend living in the Moscow streets.[1]
Chekhov was a talented artist, and he often illustrated Anton's stories. Anton wrote to him, advising him to stay sober and to pursue writing, but to no avail.[2] He died in Luka (in Lintvarev's (ru) country estate) at the age of 31 of tuberculosis.[1] Nikolai's death influenced Anton's A Boring Story, about a man faced with his own impending death.[3]
Gallery
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Portrait of Anton Chekhov
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The Young Widow at the Grave of Her Husband
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The Party at Sokolniki
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- 1858 births
- 1889 deaths
- Artists from Taganrog
- People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate
- 19th-century illustrators from the Russian Empire
- 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Painters from the Russian Empire
- Tuberculosis deaths in the Russian Empire
- Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni