Ivan Makarov

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For".

Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Ivan Kuzmich Makarov (Template:Langx; 4 April [O.S. 23 March] 1822 — 21 [O.S. 9] April 1897)[1] was a Russian portrait painter.[2]

Biography

File:Makarov-Alexander III.jpg
God's Blessing on You (the family of emperor Alexander III with Christ, date unknown)

He was born while his father (a serf) was a student of Alexander Stupin at the Arzamas School of Painting, Russia's first provincial art school. When he had completed his basic education at the district school in Saransk, he studied with his father and Stupin,[3] soon becoming an assistant on several church painting projects.

On the basis of sketches and drawings he sent to the Imperial Academy of Arts 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.[2] In 1853, he travelled extensively, visiting Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Venice, Bologna and Rome. Upon his return to Saint Petersburg, he was named an "Academician".[3]

Despite this, most of his portraits do not have an academic flavor. He was particularly good at portraying women and children.[2] 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 Alexander Palace).

Gallery

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Further reading

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

External links

Template:Sister-inline

Template:Authority control