Karazin Nikolay Nikolaevich

Russian battle painter. Member of the Academy of Arts. Chart of the academic direction of the late 19th century, which illustrated the works of A. S. Pushkin, F. M. Dostoevsky, N.I. Gogol, N.A. Nekrasova, L.N. Tolstoy, many other writers. His first drawings were published in World Illustration for 1871. Also N.N. Karazin created the first artistic postcards in Russia, published by the Community of St. Catherine. He was one of the founders and for many years an active participant in the Society of Russian Watercolor Painters. Karazin was a war correspondent and illustrator. His pen, pencil and watercolor sketches from life gave a vivid picture of the marching and combat life of our troops in the Balkan theater of military operations. These illustrations were published in the best foreign publications and brought Karazin wide fame. More than 50 museums and galleries in our country store his paintings and drawings, not to mention private collections in Russia and abroad.