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| Nikolai Tarkhoff 1871–1939, Still life with Flowers and Bust, Oil on cardboard, 21.2 x 25.2 in |
| Nikolai Tarkhov à painter, one of the first Russian impressionists. Tarkhov was born in a wealthy merchant family. Studied art independently. In 1897 met K. Korovin in Crimea and later worked with him in Korovinås Moscow studio. Tarkhov debuted in 1899 at the Moscow exhibition World of Art (Mir iskusstva), after which he moved to Paris where he continued exhibiting in the Salon of Independents. Works by Tarkhov were exhibited with Renoir, Cezanne, Gauguin. Tarkhov’s first personal exhibition took place in St. Petersburg in 1905, in 1906 in Vollard Gallery, Paris. |
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He exhibited his work at the Salon d’Automne and Salon des Inde³pendants in Paris and at Izdebskyås Salon. In 1913 he participated in Armory Show in New York, Chicago and Boston. In 1983 a retrospective exhibitions of the painter were held at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in Leningrad, and in 2003 à at the State Tretyakov Gallery. Tarkhov was a great master of color. His works are in the leading museums of Russia, Europe and America. |
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