 In the eighties, during the time of Russian "democratic" painting, Makovsky produced some of his most valued works.In 1882, he was made professor at the Moscow Art School after the death of Vasili Perov.Some of Makovsky's greatest works of this period include "In the Ante-room of the Court of Conciliation" (1880), "The Released Prisoner" (1882), and "The Collapse of the Bank" (1881).