Sergey Konstantinovich Makovsky (; 1877–1962) was a Russian Empire

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, and organiser of many exhibitions of modern art. Makovsky was the son of the painter

Konstantin Makovsky Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (; (20 June o.c.) 2 July n.c. 1839 – 17 o.c. (30 n.c.) September 1915) was an influential Russian painter, affiliated with the " Peredvizhniki (Wanderers)". Many of his historical paintings, such as ''Beneath the ...

. Makovsky became a leader of a Russian

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in art, organising exhibitions of modern art and writing for several periodicals about new movements in the visual arts,

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and poetry. From 1909 to 1917 he edited and published the ''Appolon'' arts magazine in

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. He also wrote about the significance of Russian Christian

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and in 1914 began a periodical on this subject. After the

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seizure of power in Russia, Makovsky went into exile. He continued to publish in Russian his poems and studies of art. In 1955, Makovsky published in Russian a

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, Portraits of contemporaries''.

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