Valentin Serov
Valentin Serov Biography
The artist Valentin Alexandrovich Serov was born into the family of a famous Russian composer Alexander Serov. In 1871 his father died, and in 1872-73 the little boy with his widowed mother, née Bergman, lived in Munich, where he had lessons from the artist K. Kepping. In 1874, they moved to Paris, where Valentin regularly visited the studio of Ilya Repin, who was very fond of the little boy. In 1875, the Serovs came to live at Abramtsevo, the estate of the industrial tycoon Savva Mamontov, and the cultural center of the time, where artists, musicians and actors were always welcome.
Valentin Serov 151 Most Important Paintings and Artworks
- Portrait Of Lialia (Adelaida) Simonovich.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
- Portrait Of Kolya (Nikolay) Simonovich.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
- Portrait Of Vera Repina.
1881. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Portrait Of The Artist Pavel Tchistyakov.
1881. Italian pencil on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- Self-Portrait.
1883. Pencil on paper. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Maria Mamontova Riding A Horse.
1884. Pencil on paper mounted on cardboard. Private collection. Read Note.
- Self-Portrait.
1885. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
- By The Window. Portrait Of Olga Trubnikova.
1885. Unfinished. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Bullocks.
1885. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- Self-Portrait.
1880s. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
- Autumn Evening. Domotcanovo.
1886. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- Winter In Abramtsevo. The Church.
1886. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- By The Window. Portrait Of Olga Trubnikova.
1886. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
- Open Window. Lilacs.
1886. Study. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.
- Winter In Abramtsevo. The Mansion.
1886. Study. Oil on wood. Private collection.
- Pond In Abramtsevo.
1886. Study. Oil on wood. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- St. Mark Plaza In Venice.
1887. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- Seaside In Venice.
1887. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- Lilacs In Vase.
1887. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Russian Art, Erevan, Armenia.
- Terrace In Vvedensk.
1880s. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Russian Art. Yerevan, Armenia.
Valentin Serov Bibliography
Serov by V. Leniashin. Russian Painters of the XIX century. Moscow. 1989.
The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History Art) by George Heard Hamilton. Yale Univ Pr, 1992.
A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970 by John Milner. Antique Collectors' Club, 1993.
Valentin Serov: Portraits of Russia's Silver Age by Elizabeth Valkenier. Northwestern University Press, 2001.
Valentin Serov. 1865 - 1911. Paintings. Graphic Art. by Vladimir Leniashin, Vladimir Kruglov, Yevgenia Petrova, Joseph Kiblitsky. Palace Editions, 2005.
