Konstantin Makovsky The Tsar's Painter in America and Paris

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Konstantin Makovsky: The Tsar's Painter in America and Paris. Wendy Salmond, Wilfried Zeisler, et al. (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens Series.) Monumental in scale and rich in exotic detail, Konstantin Makovsky's stunning paintings epitomize the talent and charm of Old Russia. This is a labor of love by the Hillwood people, and the first full survey in English on the artist's career. Richly and profusely illustrated in color.   

UK (London): Giles, 2015. 144 pages. Medium format hardcover with color dustjacket. New condition in publisher's shrinkwrap. A comprehensive bibliography brings together resources on the artist. 

Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (Константин Егорович Маковский) (1839-1915) was born in Moscow into a family of painters and composers. Makovsky entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1851 and among his teachers were two classical-style artists: Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1799-1852) and Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776-1857). In 1858 he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg and in the 1870's became "the darling" of the Tsar’s court. Makovsky's popularity spread. Eventually he lived and worked in Paris, then America, and becoming the premier ambassador of Old World Russian culture in the United States.