Nikola Marinov Abadzhiev (Bulgarian: Никола Маринов Абаджиев) was a Bulgarian painter and teacher. Marinov was born in the town of Targovishte in 1879. His interest in painting began in the high school. After that he continued his education at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, Italy, where his teachers included Andrea Tavernier and Giacomo Grosso. He graduated in 1903 and stayed to paint in Italy for two more years.