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{{picture|file=Makovsky_Vladimir.jpg|caption='''Vladimir Makovsky''' (1846-1920)}}
|Date=2/14 September 1891
Russian artist and professor (b. 26 January/7 February 1846 in [[Moscow]]; d. 21 February 1920 in [[Petrograd]]), born '''''Vladimir Yegorovich Makovsky''''' (Владимир Егорович Маковский).
|To=[[Yuliya Shpazhinskaya]]
|Place=[[Maydanovo]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph=[[Klin]] (Russia): {{RUS-KLč}} (a{{sup|3}}, No. 2131)
|Publication={{bibx|1951/53|П. И. Чайковский. С. И. Танеев. Письма}} (1951), p. 359–360<br/>{{bib|1978/54|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XVI–А}} (1976), p. 202–203
}}
==Text==
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|Original text={{right|''г[ород] Клин Моск[овской] губ[ернии]''<br/>''2-го сент[ября] [18]91''}}
{{centre|Дорогая Юлия Петровна!}}
Письмо Ваше пришло вслед за моим отъездом в Курскую, Харьковскую и Киевскую губ[ернии] (я ездил отдохнуть и повидаться с родными), и я лишь сегодня прочёл его. Оно производит необыкновенно грустное впечатление. Кажется, это самое печальное из всех Ваших писем. То, что теперь с Вами происходит, тот демон разлада, который поселился в Вашем доме, наводят меня на следующую мысль. ''Вам необходимо на время уехать одной''. Иначе зло будет только расти. Ведь подобные роковые недоразумения, нередко случающиеся в семьях вследствие замкнутой жизни и однообразия её, проходят и разрешаются благополучно только при условии, чтобы совершился радикальный переворот. Я ни секунды не сомневаюсь, что в сущности все члены семьи Вас горячо любят. Но вы все раздражены ненормальной обстановки жизни и так как никого не видите, то служите один другому объектом для исхода накопившейся неопределённой злобы. Вам необходимо ''уехать'', конечно на время. Как только между, Вами и семьёй ляжет дистанция большого размера, так тотчас изменится отношение к Вам. Все, что вблизи казалось шероховатым, сгладится, все само собой разъяснится, и все придёт в норму. Если же вы будете продолжать по-прежнему бесплодно друг на друга сетовать, то взаимная неприязнь. только будет расти. Вспомните, как удивительно изобразил Толстой отношение старого Болконского к дочери. Только смерть примирила этих обожавших друг друга врагов. Но Вам о смерти думать нечего, ибо я убеждён, что Вы здоровы и что страдания сердца суть нервного свойства. Что касается самоубийства, то это в моих глазах такая пошлость и банальность, на которую я считаю Вас неспособною.


Итак, ''уехать'' и непременно одной. Но как и куда? Вот этот вопрос мне издали решить очень трудно. Напишите мне словечко, что Вы об этом думаете? Теперь я посвободнее и писать Вам могу чаще.
==Biography==
From 1861 to 1866 Makovsky studied at the [[Moscow]] School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (where he later taught from 1882 to 1894), gaining silver medals for his paintings in 1865 and 1866. He was elected to the Russian Academy of Arts in 1873, and continued to teach while producing scenes mainly depicting the lives of ordinary Russians. From 1894 until 1918 he was a professor at the Academy of Arts in [[Saint Petersburg]], becoming its rector in 1895.


Желаю Вам всяческого благополучия.
==Tchaikovsky and Makovsky==
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In November and December 1882 Makovsky painted, in [[Moscow]], a portrait of Tchaikovsky which had been commissioned by [[Pavel Tretyakov]], and although the composer found the four sittings for this painting very tiresome, he observed: "Still, this portrait is in my view a complete success" <ref name="note1"/>. Unfortunately, the location of this portrait is unknown and no prints were made of it either <ref name="note2"/>. During his stay in [[Odessa]] at the beginning of 1893, Tchaikovsky informed Makovsky that a local artist, [[Nikolay Kuznetsov]], had produced a portrait of him which "in terms of its expression, lifelikeness, and authenticity really is remarkable" <ref name="note3"/>. If Makovsky's earlier portrait were to be discovered some day, it would be interesting to see how it compared with this masterpiece by the Odessan painter!


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==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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One letter from Tchaikovsky to Vladimir Makovsky has survived, dating from 1893, and has been translated into English on this website:
* '''[[Letter 4851]]''' – 27 January/8 February 1893, from [[Kamenka]]
 
2 letters from Makovsky to the composer, dating from around 1882 to 1884, are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|4}}, Nos. 2362–2363).
 
==Bibliography==
* {{bib|1939/30}} (1939)
 
==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:Vladimir_Makovsky|Wikipedia]] 
* {{viaf|96557007}}
 
==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">[[Letter 2170]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 5/17 December 1882.</ref>
<ref name="note2">See {{bib|1940/107|Дни и годы П. И. Чайковского. Летопись жизни и творчества}} (1940), p. 282.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Letter 4851]] to Vladimir Makovsky, 27 January/8 February 1893.</ref>
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[[Category:People|Makovsky, Vladimir]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Makovsky, Vladimir]]
[[Category:Painters|Makovsky, Vladimir]]
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 29 December 2023

Vladimir Makovsky (1846-1920)

Russian artist and professor (b. 26 January/7 February 1846 in Moscow; d. 21 February 1920 in Petrograd), born Vladimir Yegorovich Makovsky (Владимир Егорович Маковский).

Biography

From 1861 to 1866 Makovsky studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (where he later taught from 1882 to 1894), gaining silver medals for his paintings in 1865 and 1866. He was elected to the Russian Academy of Arts in 1873, and continued to teach while producing scenes mainly depicting the lives of ordinary Russians. From 1894 until 1918 he was a professor at the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, becoming its rector in 1895.

Tchaikovsky and Makovsky

In November and December 1882 Makovsky painted, in Moscow, a portrait of Tchaikovsky which had been commissioned by Pavel Tretyakov, and although the composer found the four sittings for this painting very tiresome, he observed: "Still, this portrait is in my view a complete success" [1]. Unfortunately, the location of this portrait is unknown and no prints were made of it either [2]. During his stay in Odessa at the beginning of 1893, Tchaikovsky informed Makovsky that a local artist, Nikolay Kuznetsov, had produced a portrait of him which "in terms of its expression, lifelikeness, and authenticity really is remarkable" [3]. If Makovsky's earlier portrait were to be discovered some day, it would be interesting to see how it compared with this masterpiece by the Odessan painter!

Correspondence with Tchaikovsky

One letter from Tchaikovsky to Vladimir Makovsky has survived, dating from 1893, and has been translated into English on this website:

2 letters from Makovsky to the composer, dating from around 1882 to 1884, are preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a4, Nos. 2362–2363).

Bibliography

External Links

Notes and References

  1. Letter 2170 to Nadezhda von Meck, 5/17 December 1882.
  2. See Дни и годы П. И. Чайковского. Летопись жизни и творчества (1940), p. 282.
  3. Letter 4851 to Vladimir Makovsky, 27 January/8 February 1893.