Makovsky K.E. (1839-1915), artist

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MAKOVSKY Konstantin Egorovich (1839-1915, Petrograd), painter, V. E. Makovsky's brother. Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1851-58) under S. K. Zaryanko, completing his studies at the Academy of Arts (1858-62). Academy member (1867) and professor (1869), he became a full member of the Academy of Arts in 1898. In 1863, Makovsky took part in the Revolt of the Fourteen, then joined the Petersburg Association of Painters, and became involved in founding the Society for Travelling Art Exhibitions, which he quit in 1883. In his early period, Makovsky was concerned with the theme of the everyman's life in Russian (see Promenade on Admiralty Square in Petersburg, 1869, the State Russian Museum). Later he took up salon-academicism, painting striking portraits (Portrait of the Painter's Wife, 1881; Family Portrait, 1882), and historical scenes (Welcome Ceremony, 1895; Minin on a Square in Nizhny Novgorod, 1896; all of them at the State Russian Museum). In 1909-15, Makovsky lived at 56 First Line of Vasilievsky Island. He was buried at the Nikolskoe Cemetery (tomb unpreserved).

References: Тарасов Л. М. Константин Егорович Маковский, 1839-1915. М.; Л., 1948.

O. L. Leikind, D.Y. Severyukhin. Makovsky Konstantin Egorovich
Makovsky Vladimir Egorovich
Zaryanko Sergey Konstantinovich
1st Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 56
Тарасов Л. М. Константин Егорович Маковский, 1839-1915. М.; Л., 1948 Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
Artel of Artists
Travelling Art Exhibitions, Society for
Russian Museum, State
Nikolskoe Cemetery