Karazin Nikolay

November 8, 1842 (Novoborisoglebskaya suburb Kharkov province) - December 19, 1908 (Gatchina)

Painter, graphic artist

Of noble family, the grandson of the founder of Kharkiv University VNKarazina. He spent his childhood with his grandmother in a village near Moscow Anashkino. Studied in the 2 nd Moscow Cadet Corps. After the Corps served in Kazan Dragoon Regiment, took part in the pacification of the Polish uprising (1863-1864), a hike in Bukhara (1867-1871, as part of the 5 th and 4 th Turkestan line battalions). He was awarded the Order of St. Anne's 4-th degree and St. Vladimir 4-th degree. In Turkestan met with VV Vereshchagin. In 1871 he retired with the rank of captain.

in 1865-1867 as a student volnoprihodyaschego studied at IAH, in battle-painting class at BP Villevalde (did not finish the course). In the early 1870's went to the studio G. Dore and F. Gilles in Paris.

After retirement devoted himself entirely to art and literary activities. He worked as a battle-painter, genre painter, animal painter, was engaged in book and magazine illustration. He published his drawings in the Russian and European magazines: "The World Figure" (from 1871), "Pictorial Review", "Niva», Illustration, Über Land und Meer, Graphic, Illustrated London News, and others. Illustrated works of Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Gogol, DV Grigorovich, NA Nekrasov, Tolstoy, Turgenev. Generate thumbnails of postcards issued by the Community of St. Catherine, pictures for later playback on porcelain products, worked with the factory Kornilov brothers in St. Petersburg.

In 1874 and 1879 on behalf of the Russian Geographical Society has participated in scientific expeditions to Central Asia for the study of the Amu Darya Basin, completed a journey many watercolor sketches, drawings ethnographic nature. During the Serbo-Turkish and Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) worked as a war correspondent-illustrator. In 1880 on behalf of the imperial court was sent to Turkestan for drawing up sketches for the paintings on the themes of the campaign of the Russian troops in Khiva and Bukhara.

engage in academic exhibitions, international fairs in Paris and London. One of the founding members and exhibitor mug (the Company, since 1887) Russian watercolors (1880). Since 1885 - an honorary associate of the Academy free IAH, in 1907 awarded the title of academician.

buried at the necropolis of Arts Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg.

artistic heritage of the artist's unusually large. Most of this water-color sketches, pencil sketches, feather sketches. A supporter of the academic tradition. Colorful works Karazin typical strong lighting effects, vivid contrasts somewhat sombre coloring, drawings and watercolors - a free style, ease of performance and improvisation.

creativity of the artist is represented in many museum collections, among them - the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin and others.