Nikolay Chekhov

Nikolay Chekhov
Born	May 23, 1858(1858-05-23) Taganrog, Russia
Died	June 29, 1889(1889-06-29) (aged 31) Kharkiv Province, Russia

Nikolay Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: Николай Павлович Чехов; May 23, 1858 – June 29, 1889) was a Russian painter and the brother of Anton Chekhov.

Biography

As a child Nikolay 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]

Nikolay 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 at the age of 31 of tuberculosis.^[1] Nikolay's death influenced Anton's A Dreary Story, finished in September of 1889, about a man who comes to the end of a life he realizes has been without purpose.^[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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought, Northwestern University Press, 1997.
2. ^ About Chekhov: The unfinished symphony, Ivan Bunin, Northwestern University Press, 2007.
3. ^ Plays by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, MobileReference, 2008.

Persondata
Name	Chekhov, Nikolay
Alternative names
Short description	Russian artist
Date of birth	1858
Place of birth	Taganrog, Russia
Date of death	January 1, 1932
Place of death	Kharkiv Oblast, Russia