Konstantin Makovsky

Konstantin Makovsky

1839 1915

Russian painter (1839-1915)

Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky was a Russian painter during the Belle Époque, affiliated with the "Peredvizhniki (Wanderers)". Many of his historical paintings, such as Beneath the Crown (1889) also known as The Russian Bride's Attire and Before the Wedding, showed an idealized view of Russian life of prior centuries. He is often considered a representative of Academic art.

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