Artist Almanac

This is the overarching website that includes biographies, essays, interviews and feature articles to help preserve the legacies of three artists who were students in the last class taught by the renown Russian-American Master, Nicolai Fechin, in the early to mid-1950’s. Joseph Nordmann, Albert Londraville and Hal Reed were all strongly influenced by their teacher and when he unexpectedly died in his sleep on October 5, 1955, these students were unprepared for the loss, but all went on to become prominent artists. These three artists became long-term friends and each paid tribute to their teacher in their own way over the following 50+ years. Their stories are remarkable.