This publication is dedicated to the life and work of the Russian artist, master of the Russian domestic genre, member of the Association of Wanderers, Vladimir Yegorovich Makovsky (1846-1920). Makovsky belongs to those artists whose work constantly evokes a lively response from the audience. His paintings, which have long received wide popular recognition, help to understand the life of Russian society in the second half of the 19th century, recreate an extensive gallery of characteristic human types, help to understand social relations between people, and are valuable artistic documents that capture an entire era. The publication has 77 color and black and white illustrations.