Karelin’s son Andrew left Nizhny Novgorod shortly after the death of his father (after 1906). Like Karelin Sr., he graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, took lessons from Makovsky. He was known as a historical painter and portrait painter, had the title of academician of historical painting, made several portraits and historical paintings as the orders of the royal court, for one of which (dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Romanovs’ dynasty) he received a personal nobility.
In 1925 Karelin Jr. was sent to Ashgabat to study ancient archaeological sites of Central Asia. He organized 16 museums. He spent his last years in Ashgabat where he headed the art, cultural and historical departments of the Turkmen State Museum.
