Background
Nikolai Sergeyev was born in the village of Kriukov in the rural district of Vereiskii.
Nikolai Sergeyev was born in the village of Kriukov in the rural district of Vereiskii.
He attended courses at the Artists’ Association of Revolutionary Russia guided by Ilya Mashkov and studied at Surikov Institute under Boris Ioganson.
In 1924 he moved to Moscow. In 1942, he graduated from Surikov under Alexander Osmerkin receiving the schools top mark for his work titled “From Native Land”.
In 1942 Nikolai became a member of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Artists. In 1943 Nikolai Sergeyev was evacuated to Samarkand, Uzbekistan.In 1987 he became an honorary member of the Moskvorechie Artists Community, also known as “Moscow Voices”.