Sergey Ivanovich Markin

Sergey Ivanovich Markin (; 1903–1942) — Moscow professional artist, painter and artist-decorator of the TRAM Theater (modern Lenkom). Master of urban landscape and narrative compositions conveying the spirit of the pre-war era. He was a member of the Pleiades of Artists of the 1920s-1930s. He worked in the Moscow Union of Artists (MOSSH). He died in battles near Moscow in the first year of the Great Patriotic War.

Sergey Markin, according to the historian of art and art critic Olga Roitenberg, is known for “peacefully-focused” landscapes. Critics noted the originality of his compositional thinking and a heightened sense of time. He is the author of paintings on the themes of the history of revolution and civil war, genre paintings, portraits, landscapes. He took part in the design of Moscow for the revolutionary holidays.

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