Mexican Boy

Artist Nicolai Fechin (Russian (active in the United States), 1881 - 1955)

Date1936 or after

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions15 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (38.7 x 20 cm)
Frame: 23 × 15 3/4 × 2 inches (58.4 × 40 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.28.28

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextThis painting shows the artist’s use of slashing brushstrokes and bold palette knife. Fechin developed his art from the dual influences of his native Russian and immigrant American experiences. Fechin (generally accepted pronunciation: fay SHIN) was born in Kazan, Russia. He studied in the academic tradition. Fechin came to the United States in 1923. He settled a few years later in Taos, New Mexico. In 1936 he made an important trip to Mexico where he found engaging subjects such as this boy.

Provenance(C. Bland Jamison, Santa Fe, New Mexico) [1]; Purchased May 22, 1959 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. C. Bland Jamison purchased 13 paintings by Fechin from an unknown owner according to a letter to H.J. Lutcher Stark dated July 31, 1958 (see file 13-99), this was one of the paintings on the list.

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