Eya

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

Date1924

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions16 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches (42.9 x 32.7 cm)
Frame: 20 3/4 x 16 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches (52.7 x 42.5 x 6.4 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.28.36

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionVertical oil painting depicting a young girl with brown hair and rosy pale skin.

Label TextSome of Fechin’s most beautiful portraits depict his only child Eya. The art historian Galina Tuluzakova noted his emotional content. “Portraits of Eya are imbued with fatherly love and affection.” Eya played a central role in family support for her father. In 1933, Fechin’s wife Alexandra asked for a divorce. The split resulted in Nicolai’s leaving Taos and the house he had designed and furnished. Eya chose to go with her father, first to New York and then to California.

ProvenanceArtist; Alexandra Fechin [Alexandra Belkovitch, c. 1896-1983], Taos, New Mexico [1]; purchased January 19, 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. Nicolai and Alexandra were divorced in 1933.

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