Sergey Ivanovich Markin
Sergey Ivanovich Markin (1903–1942) — Moscow professional artist, painter and artist-decorator of the TRAM Theater (modern Lenkom). Master of urban landscape and narrative compositions conveying the spirit of the pre-war era. He was a member of the Pleiades of Artists of the 1920s-1930s.
Also recorded as Sergei Ivanovich Markin
Sergey Ivanovich Markin

Sergey Ivanovich Markin · Ройтенберг O. Неужели кто-то вспомнил, что мы были… · Public domain
- Birth Name
- Sergey Ivanovich Markin
- Born
- 20 August 1903
- Birthplace
- Moscow Governorate of Russian Empire
- Died
- February, 1942 (38 years old)
- Place of death
- Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
- Field
- Paintings, exhibitions
- Training
- Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
- Movement
- Modernism
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Russian Republic · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
- Occupation
- painter · theatre designer
- Fields
- landscape · portrait
- Education
- Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry · Vkhutemas · Vkhutein
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Sergey Ivanovich Markin (1903–1942) — Moscow professional artist, painter and artist-decorator of the TRAM Theater (modern Lenkom). Master of urban landscape and narrative compositions conveying the spirit of the pre-war era. He was a member of the Pleiades of Artists of the 1920s-1930s.
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Biography
Biography
He worked in the Moscow Union of Artists (MOSSH). He died in battles near Moscow in the first year of the Great Patriotic War. • Illustration — Sergey Markin, Moscow 1931 Sergey Markin, according to the historian of art and art critic Olga Roitenberg, is known for “peacefully-focused” landscapes. Critics noted the originality of his compositional thinking and a heightened sense of time. He is the author of paintings on the themes of the history of revolution and civil war, genre paintings, portraits, landscapes. He took part in the design of Moscow for the revolutionary holidays.

Мария Семёновна Ильина и Сергей Иванович Маркин
Маркины · Семейный архив С. И. Маркина

Сергей Иванович Маркин и Мария Семёновна Ильина на ступенях Колизея у Чистых прудов. Москва, 1929
С. И. Маркин. 1929 · Архив С. И. Маркина
Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Sergey Ivanovich Markin • Born — 20 August 1903 • Birthplace — Moscow Governorate of Russian Empire • Died — February, 1942 (38 years old) • Place of death — Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union • Field — Paintings, exhibitions • Training — Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture • Movement — Modernism
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Moscow, 1919 • Illustration — Self portrait, 1925 • Illustration — Window view, 1929 • Illustration — Wife portrait, 1931 • Illustration — Wife portrait, 1933 • Illustration — Moscow, 1933 • Illustration — Appe trees, 1936 • Illustration — Drawing, 1936 • Illustration — Drawing, Moscow region • Illustration — Moscow, 1938 • Illustration — Moscow • Illustration — Moscow, 1939 • Illustration — Russian South, 1939 • Illustration — Crimea, 1939 • Illustration — Moscow region, 1939 • Illustration — Moscow, 1939 • Illustration — Moscow • Illustration — Father portrait (1878–1933) • Illustration — Weaver • Illustration — Etude, 1939 • Illustration — Moscow, 1940 • Illustration — Moscow, Kremlin • Illustration — Moscow, Kremlin, 1940 • Illustration — Moscow, 1941 • Illustration — Moscow, 1941.
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• Sergei Markin — Russian art in 20th century (in Russian: русское искусство: XX век). • Sergey Markin — Facebook page.
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Gorodische village.
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Sereda.
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Literature
List of publications about S. Markin (mostly in Russian): • 1927: Иванова-Веэн Л. И. Маркин С. И.: 1927 Живфак ВХУТЕМАС — ВХУТЕИН: Москва — Ленинград: Выпускники 1920—1930: Справочник. М.: АртКомМедиа, 2010. С. 14. (всего 48 с. Тираж 500 экз.) • 1932: Выставка художников-одиночек Пролетарское искусство. 1932. No. 7/8. С. 29. • 1933: Художники РСФСР за 15 лет: (1917–1932) Каталог юбилейной выставки живописи, графики, и скульптуры. Л., 1933. • 1934: Художник, живописец, декоратор и гравёр по дереву Сергей Иванович Маркин: выставка в клубе им. М. Горького / Всероссийский кооперативный Союз работников изобразительных искусств; отв. ред. Ю. М. Славинский. Москва: Всехудожник, 1934. 5, [1] с.; 15 см. (РГБ. Искусство. Хранение: 90/8.695) • 1980: Ройтенберг О. О. Москва в творчестве художника Искусство. 1980. No. 8. • 1981: Московские художники в дни Великой Отечественной войны: Воспоминания. Письма. Статьи. / Ред. П. К. Суздалев, Сост. В. А. Юматов. М.: Советский художник, 1981. 511 с. • 1985: Ройтенберг О. О. Они погибли на войне Искусство. 1985. No. 4. • 1991: Московские художники 20-30-е годы. Каталог. М.: МОСХ, ЦДХ, 1991. • 2008: Ройтенберг О. О. Неужели кто-то вспомнил, что мы были...: Из истории художественной жизни. 1925–1935. М.: Галарт, 2008. 559 с. • 2022: Диденко Ю. В. Маркин Сергей Иванович: (Каталожные No. 133—138) Каталог собрания Живопись первой половины XX века. Т. 6. Кн. 3. (буквы М-П). Москва: Август Борг, 2022. С. 69–71. (Каталог собрания Государственной Третьяковской галереи; Серия Живопись VIII—XX веков).
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- 1.Find and save until it is too late ": Olga Reutenberg and her "pleiadis" (in Russian). TrV. N 147. P. 14.
- 2.Roitenberg Olga O. Markin Sergey Ivanovich (1903–1942) // "Really someone remembered that we were…". Moscow: Galart, 2008. p. 390–395. (In Russian with English abstracts)
- 3.Biographical information about artists: Markin Sergey Ivanovich // Moscow in Russian and Soviet painting: Catalog of the exhibition of the State Tretyakov Gallery. M .: Soviet artist, 1980. p. 148. Circulation 5000.
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