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Biography

Russian painter, part of a family of artists. He was the son of the painter and collector Yegor Ivanovich Makovsky (), who was one of the founders of the Moscow Art School.

Konstantin had two brothers, Nikolai and Vladimir, and one sister, Alexandra, who were famous painters themselves.

In Konstantin entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where he became the top student, easily getting all the available awards.

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His teachers were pupils of Karl Bryullov, and Makovsky's inclinations to Romanticism and decorative effects can be explained by the influence of Bryullov.

In Makovsky entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.

From he participated in the exhibitions of Academy with paintings such as Curing of the Blind () and Agents of the False Dmitry kill the son of Boris Godunov (). In Makovsky, together with the other 13 students eligible to participate in the competition for the Large Gold Medal of the Academy, refused to paint o