Nikolai Triik
(1884–1940) Estonian painter (1884–1940)
Nikolai Triik (Estonia, 1884–1940) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Nikolai Triik belongs to the chapter ‘The interwar years’ in this site’s history of art.
Nikolai Triik was born in Tallinn and died in Tallinn. Nikolai Triik trained at Atelier School of Ants Laikmaa, Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, and École des Beaux-Arts. Wikidata associates Nikolai Triik with Expressionism. The students included Arno Vihalemm and Priidu Aavik.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 12 works by Nikolai Triik with free images. The dated works span the years 1910–1934. Works by Nikolai Triik are held by Tartu Art Museum's painting collection and Art Museum of Estonia's painting collection.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jaan Koort, Reinhold Hanisch, Glyn Warren Philpot, Alfred Ost, and Guy Pène du Bois.