The pieces Pictures at an Exhibition are composed by a Russian composer who belonged to this group known as what?
Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский ; ] ; 21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1839 – 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1881 ) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five". He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.
Konstantin Makovsky Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (Russian: Константин Егорович Маковский ; June 20 [O.S. July 2] 1839 —September 17 [O.S. September 30] 1915 ) was an influential Russian painter, affiliated with the "Peredvizhniki (Wanderers)". Many of his historical paintings, such as "The Russian Bride's Attire" (1889), showed an idealized view of Russian life of prior centuries. He is often considered a representative of Academic art.