An unfamiliar name - Makarov Evgeny Kirillovich

Russian land is Rich with world-famous artists. But Painter Makarov Evgeny Kirillovich – hardly familiar to the uninitiated in art history people. This man left a bright trace, but still his paintings are in the collections of major Russian museums such as Tretyakov State gallery. Difficult to find even a portrait of the artist, though perhaps he is depicted in the photographs of the Drawing school society for the encouragement of arts, but no one can confirm his identity.

Biography of Evgeny Makarov

The future painter was Born in the family of staff-surgeon in the city of Tiflis province Dusheti 1.12.1842. Childhood in the province of Chernigov. She graduated from the Novgorod-Seversk gymnasium. Studied at the Imperial Academy of arts together with Ilya Repin. Over the years of study he received several awards for the implementation of the programs of the Orthodox subjects “the Resurrection of Jairus's daughter”, “job and his friends”. Best known for his watercolors, graphic work.

Friendship with Ilya Repin

Makarov Evgeniy Was one of the companions of Ilya Repin in the student. Young artists often met with a small company, among them were Viktor Vasnetsov, Ilya Repin, Arkhip Kuindzhi. At the time Eugene lived in St. Petersburg, often visited in the province of Chernigov.

In 1870, together with his Brothers Repin-Ilya and Vasily (a student at the Conservatory), artist Fyodor Vasilyev went on the journey on the Volga. Swam with friends at the oars from Tver to Saratov in order to find the boatmen, those that sank into the heart Repin. The artist was shocked by the hard work of these people and at the same time, conquered one of the boatmen, watching them first time, so at any cost I decided to paint, embodying the lives of these people on the canvas.

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Friends spent almost the whole summer in a village near Saratov, called Shiryaevo, which still left the house in which they lived. He then belonged to a local merchant's wife. Now the structure is in a very dilapidated condition, but on it hangs a plaque reminding of the visits. By the way, the name Makarova Evgeniya on it. But it is documentary known that in the journey, the part he took. Local old timers say that was the authorities intention to create a house Museum, but it then did not matter.

He Said that the Makarov Evgeny was calm, balanced person, and it was the complete opposite of the temperamental funny Fedor Vasilyev. But inconveniences do not arise, on the contrary, young people can complement each other very well.

Artist of the Imperial family

Makarov Evgeny Kirillovich is often carried out orders of the Imperial family, the Romanov for making travel sketches.

Is Well known to historians about his journey with the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich senior to Turkey, Egypt, and Palestine. The journey took place in 1872. Evgeny Makarov was invited for the execution of travel sketches, which later became the illustrations in the book of Dmitry Antonovich of Salona, historian, memoirist, adjutant of the Grand Duke. Called the book "travels in the Orient and the Holy Land”. Sketches of the artist was first engraved in wood Krzhizhanovsky, and then became the illustrations of the book.

During the Russo-Turkish war in 1877, being in the retinue of Alexander II, the artist was in the field of fighting together with the well-known battle painter Vasily Vereshchagin.

The Secular activity of the artist

In 1883 Eugene Makarov made a trip to Paris to get acquainted with the latest methods of faience and porcelain painting. Funds for the trip were allocated by the Fund for the encouragement of artists.

Makarov Evgeniy taught at the Drawing school under the encouragement of arts in the class of ceramic painting, leading the course. Society, and school was established to support and develop talented artists.

Exhibitions

Makarov Evgeny Kirillovich presented his work at many art exhibitions of the second half of the nineteenth century. His works can be seen in the halls of the Imperial Academy of arts, the society of exhibitions of works of art, in the halls of the Society for the encouragement of arts in St. Petersburg, all-Russian industrial-artistic exhibition in Moscow.

In 1884 Makarov Evgeny Kirillovich died in St. Petersburg at the age of 42 years.