Nikolay Makovsky
Nikolay Yegorovich Makovsky (Russian: Никола́й Его́рович Мако́вский; 10 May 1841, Moscow – 18 October 1886, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter; one of a quartet of artist siblings that included his brothers Konstantin and Vladimir and his sister Alexandra.
Also recorded as Nikolai Jegorowitsch Makowskij · Nikolaj Egorovič Makovskij · Nikolai Egorovich Makovsky · Nikolai Makovsky
Nikolay Makovsky

Nikolay Makovsky · [1] · Public domain
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- 1841 · Moscow.
- Died
- 1886 · Saint Petersburg.
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Nikolay Yegorovich Makovsky (Russian: Никола́й Его́рович Мако́вский; 10 May 1841, Moscow – 18 October 1886, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter; one of a quartet of artist siblings that included his brothers Konstantin and Vladimir and his sister Alexandra.
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His father, Yegor Ivanovich Makovsky, was an accountant by profession, but was also an amateur artist, avid art collector and one of the founders of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He received his earliest education at the Moscow Palace Architecture School and attended the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1859 to 1866. In 1865, he was awarded a silver medal for his work on a small stone church with 150 parishioners. Upon graduation, he was given the title of "Free Artist", which conferred the right to work on construction projects. Shortly thereafter, he became an architect's assistant at the Ministry of the Imperial Court, but eventually gave up his position there to devote all of his time to painting. In 1870, he became one of the charter members of the "Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (Peredvizhniki), but didn't participate fully until 1875. In 1872, he was awarded the designation of "Artist Second-Degree" from the Academy. From 1873 to 1874, he and his brother Konstantin toured Egypt, then he travelled extensively throughout Russia and Ukraine. He later spent several months at the Russian art colony in Paris, where he worked with Alexey Bogolyubov. From this point on, most of his paintings were shown in travelling exhibitions.

Egor Ivanowitch Makovsky (1800-1886) Portrait of the Nikolay Egorowitch Makovsky
Nikolay Makovsky · Location: Государственный Русский музей Dimensions: 20,4x16,2 см Web source: [1] Technique: watercolor on paper medium QS:P186

Nikolay Makovsky (1842-1886) A Apiary
Nikolay Makovsky · Location: Харьковский художественный музей Dimensions: 71x52 cm Web source: [1] Technique: oil on canvas medium QS:P186
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1841
Nikolay Makovsky born at Moscow.
1886
Nikolay Makovsky died at Saint Petersburg.
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- 1.Anastasia Kopteva, "Династия Маковских: передавая таланты по наследству" (The Makovsky Dynasty. Inherited Talents) Pushkin Krasnodar Regional Universal Scientific Library
- 2.Press Service of the Russian Museum "The Family Makovsky" (exhibition), Online edition of Cultural Heritage (December, 2008) http://www.museum.ru/N35338 ISSN 1684-9574
- 3.Tatiana Markina, "Выставка трёх поколений" (Exhibition of Three Generations) from the magazine Kommersant (December, 2008) http://www.kommersant.ru/doc-rss.aspx?docsid=1088783
- 4.Biography of Makovsky in: Works of art from the collection of the Rybinsk State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve, State Research Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications http://files.school-collection.edu.ru/dlrstore/bf3302e9-c699-44a7-a136-4e0338eb2699/N_E_Makovskij_biogr.htm
- 5.A. I. Somov, "Маковский", Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, edited by K. K. Arseniev and F. F. Petrushenko, 1896, Vol.XVIII "Лопари – Малолетние преступники"
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