Ivan Kuzmich Makarov (russian: Ива́н Кузьми́ч Мака́ров; — April 1897)Makarov Ivan Kuzmich
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Biography

He was born while his father (a serf) was a student of

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at the Arzamas School of Painting, Russia's first provincial art school. When he had completed his basic education at the district school in

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, he studied with his father and Stupin,Russian Paintings: Brief biography
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in 1842, he obtained the privilege of being a "Free Artist". In 1845, he moved to Saint Petersburg, where he studied at the Academy under the history painter Alexey Markov. After two years there, he chose portraiture as his speciality, soon winning the patronage of the Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna. In 1853, he travelled extensively, visiting Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Venice, Bologna and Rome. Upon his return to Saint Petersburg, he was named an "Academician". Despite this, most of his portraits do not have an academic flavor. He was particularly good at portraying women and children. As is the case with most pre-revolutionary Russian painters, he also produced many icons and religious murals; most notably "God's Blessing On You" (in the

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Gallery

File:MariaAlexandrovna. by Ivan Makarov.jpg, Portrait of Empress Maria Alexandrovna File:Maria Alexandrovna by I.Makarov.jpg, Portrait of Empress Maria Alexandrovna File:Ekaterina Fed. Tutcheva by I. Makarov (1850s, Muranovo).jpg, Portrait of Catherine Tyutcheva File:E.A. Tregubova by I.Makarov (1869).jpg, Portrait of Evdokia Tregubova (1869) File:E.P.Samsonov by I.Makarov (1869).jpg, Portrait of General Samsonov (1869)

References

External links

"Peoples": Brief biography with later photograph
* Entry on Makarov from the

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary The ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary'' (Russian: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона, abbr. ЭСБЕ, tr. ; 35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is a comprehensive multi-volume ...

(1890-1907) @ Russian Wikisource {{DEFAULTSORT:Makarov Painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Artists from the Russian Empire 1822 births 1897 deaths 19th-century people from the Russian Empire 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire