About his artistic success we learn:
'Nikolai Tarkhov moved from Moscow to Paris in 1899. By 1906, the noted art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard mounted an extensive solo exhibition of over 70 of Tarkhov's paintings. In the 1907 Salon d'Automne, Tarkhov's vivid, exuberant work led one reviewer to regard him as "part of the younger Bohemian crowd [who] outrage even the Byzantines and our North American Indians with their brilliant colour" (cited in Eleanor Green, Nicolas Tarkhoff, Berry-Hill Galleries, 1989-1990, p. 7). The same year he was made a member of the society with the right to exhibit ten works and continued to contribute to the Salon until 1911.
'Tarkhov's early friendship with Konstantin Korovin introduced him to the vibrant colours and rapid brushwork of impressionist painting. Additionally, works by Monet, Van Gogh and the Fauves greatly influenced his style and choice of motifs. '
We have some detail about his personal background:
'..... He was born into a wealthy merchant family and studied art independently. In 1897 he met impressionist painter Konstantin Korovin in Crimea, Ukraine, and later worked with him in Korovin's studio in Moscow. Tarkhov debuted in 1899 at the Moscow exhibition World of Art (Mir Iskusstva), after which he moved to Paris where he continued exhibiting in the Salon of Independents. Works by Tarkhov were exhibited alonside works by Renoir, Cezanne, Gauguin. Tarkhov’s first personal exhibition took place in St. Petersburg in 1905, in 1906 in Vollard Gallery, Paris. He exhibited his work at the Salon d’Automne, the Salon des Independents in Paris and at Izdebskyes Salon. In 1913 he participated in the Armory Show in New York, Chicago and Boston. Retrospective exhibitions of the painter were held in 1983 at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in Leningrad and in 2003 at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Tarkhov was a great master of color. His works are to be found in the leading museums of Russia, Europe and America.'
With this background we can appreciate the delicacy of Tarkhoff's "Cats at the window", (1909).
National Cat Day is, as we noted, observed by Russia on March 1, though other countries have a different date. Lots more photos at the link, though many were photoshopped, and so, to some cat lovers, quite boring.
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