Nikolai Makarov

Serene landscapes, elegant dancers or abandoned Venetian bridges take form in the atmospheric works of Russian painter Nikolai Makarov.

Works

Nikolai Makarov: See, 2023 — See, 2023, , 110 × 160 cm

Nikolai Makarov: Beuys, 2020 — Beuys, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 160 × 130 cm

Nikolai Makarov: Woody Allen, 2016 — Woody Allen, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 160 × 130 cm

Nikolai Makarov: Danseuse en Rouge III, 2016 — Danseuse en Rouge III, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 130 × 90 cm

Nikolai Makarov: Rotonde en Rouge V - 50 cm, 2016 — Rotonde en Rouge V - 50 cm, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, N/A

Nikolai Makarov: Duex femmes en rouge, 2018 — Duex femmes en rouge, 2018, Acrylic on canvas on hardboard, 41 × 36 cm

Nikolai Makarov: Ballerina VII - Rotonde, 2016 — Ballerina VII - Rotonde, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, N/A

Nikolai Makarov: Ballerina IV - Rotonde, 2016 — Ballerina IV - Rotonde, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, N/A

Nikolai Makarov: Ballerina Knicks Rotonde, 2016 — Ballerina Knicks Rotonde, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, N/A

Nikolai Makarov: Pfaueninsel, — Pfaueninsel, , , 60 × 40 cm

Nikolai Makarov: Ballerina en pose, 2016 — Ballerina en pose, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 160 × 130 cm

Nikolai Makarov: Venedig, 2011 — Venedig, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 120 × 90 cm

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Artist portrait

Artist portrait
Nikolai Makarov

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Nikolai Makarov
Nov 2016

Nov 2014

Nikolai Makarov
Nov 2012

Group Exhibitions

Private Choice II
Jan 2023

PRIVATE CHOICE
Nov 2022

Art Essences XXV
Jul 2021

15 Years of Galerie Friedmann-Hahn
Jul 2020

Art Essences XX
Dec 2018

Jan 2016

Jun 2014

Jan 2014

Oct 2013

Sep 2013

Fairs

Dec 2014

Mar 2014

Exhibition list

Solo Exhibitions

2022

Galerie Burkhard Eickelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany

2022

Gallery Estrella, New Orleans, USA

2022

"Artborescence Paris", Neue Kunst Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

2018

"Be Still", Waterfall Mansion Gallery, New York, USA

2018

"History of National Football", Triumph Gallery, Moskau, Russian Federation

Group Exhibitions

2023

"Private Choice", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany

Vita

Silence is the main motif of the landscapes, portraits, female nudes or ballet scenes that Nikolai Makarov makes tangible in his typical combination of sfumato glazes with modern airbrush technique and acrylic paint on canvas.

In recent years, he has developed his technique from classical oil painting to an elaborate process using acrylic paint and a spray gun, in which he applies the paint in several superimposed layers. He first makes an underpainting in black acrylic paint to define the overall composition and to create a dramaturgy of light - reminiscent of the sixteenth-century technique of the chiaroscuro. Subsequently, water-thinned acrylic paint is applied in several layers and smudged if necessary, giving Makarov's paintings their characteristic sfumato effect.

Lives and works in Berlin

1969 - 1972

Studies at the Foreign Language Institute in Moscow

1975

Moved to East Berlin

1976 - 1980

Studied history at the Humboldt University in Berlin

1984 - 1987

Master student at the Academy of Arts with Prof. W. Klemke in Berlin & study trips to Austria to Prof. R. Hausner

1988

Corresponding member of the Society of Fine Artists of Austria

1992

Board member of the association StiLeben e.V., Berlin

2000

Board member of the Mawrizki Foundation

Press

Wie das Stille Museum Meditation nach russischer Art erlaubt

Publications

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