Famous and productive families in Russian and Czech histories

[Margaret Samu]

In the world of visual arts, one of the first Russian families to come to
mind is the Makovskii family.

Egor Ivanovich Makovskii, art lover and print collector, active in the
Moskovskoe khudozhestvennoe obshchestvo in 1833 and one of the founders of
the Moskovskoe Uchilishshe zhivopisi i vaianiia in 1843, where his sons
studied. His phenomenal collection of prints by Rembrandt and others was
acquired by Dmitrii Rovinskii and is now in the Hermitage.

His elder son, painter Konstantin Egorovich Makovskii, was the favorite of
St. Petersburg high society at the end of the 19th century. Even though he
participated in the bunt chetyrnadtsati in 1863, he became a Salon painter
rather than a Realist, and produced large-scale historical genre paintings
(Hillwood's Boyar Wedding Feast, for example) and endless "Russian
beauties" and boiaryni.

Egor's younger son, Vladimir, an active member of the Peredviznhiki, became
known for his poignant character studies. He remained in Moscow and became
a professor at the Moscow School.

Konstantin's son Sergei Makovskii, became a poet and art critic who
contributed to Silver Age art journals and was the editor and publisher of
his own, Apollon, from 1909-1917.

Another family would be the Briullov family--the best known members being
the painter Karl Pavlovich Briullov and his brother Aleksandr, architect of
the Mikhailovskii Theater and several Hermitage interiors after the 1837
fire. They came from a line of French artists (Brulleau) but Karl and
Aleksandr were the most prominent in Russia.

The Benois/Benua family has already been mentioned, and the Stasov family
could also probably be added to the list.

Best regards,
Margaret


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Margaret Samu
SHERA President
www.shera-art.org

Art History Department
Stern College for Women
245 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10016

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