Nikolai Nikolaevich Bekker Documents, 1895-1920
Collection context
- Creator:
- Becker, Nicolas, 1877-1962
- Extent:
- 13 items (1 regular folder, 1 oversize folder)
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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Bekker's personal documents, most of which are of an educational and military nature. There is also a handwritten poem "Karl Marks v R.S.F.S.R. (misticheskaia poema)."
- Biographical / historical:
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Bekker (1877-1962), painter, graphic artist, scene-designer. He was born to family of an architect and academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts Nikolai Fedorovich Bekker. Graduated of the Engineering Institute of the Ministry of Communications (Institut Inzhenerov Putei Soobshcheniia). After the revolution he emigrated to Constantinople, then moved to Paris where he continued his career as a portrait painter. In 1924-1932 he exhibited at the salon of the National Society of Fine Arts (member of the salon since 1925). He worked for a long time in London and Madrid, having painted many portraits of representatives of the English and Spanish nobility. Buried in Nice.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located on-site.
- Terms of access:
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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Nikolai Nikolaevich Bekker Documents; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
- Location of this collection:
- Before you visit:
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- Contact:
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