康斯坦丁·马科夫斯基出生在莫斯科。他的父亲是俄罗斯艺术图和业余画家，叶戈尔·伊万诺维奇·Makovsky。他的母亲是一位作曲家，她希望她的儿子有一天会跟随她的脚步。他的弟弟弗拉基米尔和尼古拉和他的妹妹亚历山德拉还继续成为画家。

1851年Makovsky进入莫斯科学院绘画，雕塑和建筑，在那里他成为了最好的学生，很容易让所有可用的奖项。他的老师是卡尔Bryullov和瓦西里Tropinin。Makovsky随心所欲到浪漫主义和装饰效果可以通过Bryullov的影响进行说明。

虽然艺术是他的激情，他也被认为是他妈什么本来想他这样做。他动身去寻找作曲家，他可以参考一下，并首先去了法国。之前，他一直是一个古典音乐爱好者，并听取了许多作品。他常常希望他能改调，或其中的一些风格，使他们更加愉快。后来在他的生活就变成了现实。

1858年Makovsky进入皇家艺术学院在圣彼得堡。从1860年，他参加了学院的配画展览，如盲人的固化（1860年），并在代理商虚假德米特里杀的儿子鲍里斯（1862年）。1863年Makovsky等13学生举行了反对从话题的学院的设置抗议斯堪的纳维亚神话的争夺学术界的大金奖 ; 没有一个正式的文凭都离开了学校。

Makovsky成为率领艺术家合作社（合作社）的成员伊凡·克拉姆斯柯依，通常生产流浪汉日常生活（绘画寡妇 1865年，鲱鱼畅销的 1867年，等）。从1870年他是一个创始成员协会巡回美展，并继续致力于对日常生活的绘画工作。他同时在学术展览和流浪汉的旅行艺术展览展出他的作品。

在他的风格显著变化前往发生后，埃及和塞尔维亚在1870年代中期。他的兴趣从社会和心理问题的颜色和形状的艺术问题改变。

在19世纪80年代，他成为肖像和历史画的老式作者。在世界1889年博览会在巴黎，他收到了大金牌为他的绘画的死亡伊凡雷帝，在巴黎的判决，和恶魔和Tamara。他是当时最高度赞赏和高收入的俄罗斯艺术家之一。许多评论家民主视为他为流浪者理想的叛徒，生产（如亨里克Siemiradzki）醒目，但浅的作品，而其他人看到他作为俄罗斯的先行者印象。

Makovsky是在1915年杀害了时，他的马车是由在圣彼得堡的电电车撞。

Konstantin Makovsky was born in moscow. His father is a Russian art and amateur painter, Yegor.. Makovsky. His mother was a composer, and she hoped that her son would follow her footsteps one day. His younger brother Vladimir and Nicola and his sister, Alexandra, continued to be a painter. [1]
In 1851, Makovsky entered the Moscow School of painting, sculpture and architecture, where he became the best student, making it easy for all available awards. His teacher is Carle Bryullov and Tropinin. Makovsky arbitrary to Romanticism and decorative effects can be explained by the impact of Bryullov.
Although art is his passion, he is also considered to be what his mother wanted him to do. He set out to look for a composer, he could refer to it, and first went to france. Before, he has been a classical music lover, and heard a lot of works. He often hope that he can change the style, or some of them, making them more enjoyable. Later in his life became a reality.
1858 Makovsky entered Royal College of Art in St Petersburg. From 1860, he attended the Academy's painting exhibition, such as the solidification of the blind (1860), and the false Dmitri in the agent to kill the son of Boris (1862). In 1863 Makovsky et al. 13 students held a protest against the debate from the topic of the college set up to fight the Scandinavia myth of the academic circles of the great gold medal; not a formal diploma have left the school.
Makovsky became a member of the co OP artist (co OP), Ivan Kramskoi, who usually produces the tramp daily life (painting widow 1865, herring selling in the year of 1867, etc.). From 1870 he was a founding member of the association of art exhibition tour, and remain committed to the work of daily life. At the same time, he exhibited his works in the exhibition of science and the art exhibition of the tramp.
Significant changes in his style took place after Egypt and Serbia in the mid 1870s. His interest in social and psychological problems from the color and shape of the arts change.
In 1880s, he became the author of portraits and historical paintings. In the 1889 World Expo in Paris, he received the gold medal for his painting of the death in the judgment of Paris, Ivan, and Demons and Tamara. He was one of the most highly appreciated and highly paid Russian artists of the time. Many critics of democracy regard him as a rebel for the ideal of the wanderer, producing (e.g., Henrik Siemiradzki) striking, but superficial work, while others see him as a forerunner of russia.
Makovsky was killed in 1915 when his carriage was hit by an electric car in St Petersburg.