Konstantin Jegorowitsch Makowski

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Konstantin Makowski, 1900s

Konstantin Makovsky ( Russian Константин Егорович Маковский , scientific transliteration. Konstantin Egorovic Makovskij * June 20 jul. / 2. July  1839 greg. In Moscow , † September 17 jul. / 30th September  1915 greg. In Petrograd ) was a Russian painter and member of the group of traveling exhibitors . His brother was the painter Vladimir Makovsky .

biography

Konstantin Makowski was born the son of Yegor Makovsky , one of the founders of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture , which Konstantin graduated from in 1857. He continued his education at the St. Petersburg Art Academy , where he was soon able to reveal his talent. For his first historical painting Agents of Pseudodemetrius Kill Fyodor Godunov , he received the Small Gold Medal in 1862. Formally, he never graduated from the academy because he took part in a student revolt in 1863. However, a few years later he received the title of academic, professor and member of the art academy. In 1870 he became one of the founders of the Peredwischniki cooperative.

Makowski was a master of portrait and genre painting, he painted a large number of different human types and scenes from the everyday life of common people. The Maslenitsa Festival on Admiralty Square in St. Petersburg (1869) is one of the most famous pictures from his workshop . He gave this picture a monumental breadth and presented the image of “all of Petersburg”. At the end of the 1870s, Makowski's work turned away from contemporary themes. His favorite genre became history, especially Russian life in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Makowski died in a traffic accident in 1915 when his carriage was rammed by a tram .

Works (selection)

  • Calling Kusma Minins

  • Bulgarian martyrs

  • Russian wedding preparation

  • Maslenitsa Festival on Admiralty Square in St. Petersburg

  • The boyar daughter

  • Children fleeing a thunderstorm

  • Count Sergei Stroganov

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personal data
SURNAME Makowski, Konstantin Jegorowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Маковский, Константин Егорович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1915
Place of death Petrograd