Konstantin
Makovsky
A Life Immersed in Russian Realism: The World of Konstantin MakovskyKonstantin Yegorovich Makovsky, born into a Moscow household brimming with artistic sensibility in 1839, became one of the most celebrated and financially successful painters of his era. His father, Egor Ivanovich Makovsky, was an amateur …
A portrait built from Konstantin Makovsky's own colours
Every 72 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
