Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov was a Russian artist who became famous for his work as a portrait painter and graphic artist. Serov's father, who died early, was the composer and music critic Alexander Nikolajevich Serov. Already as a child Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov showed a great talent for drawing. He studied painting in Paris and Moscow with Ilja Repin, an important representative of Russian realism. Afterwards Serov attended the Petersburg Academy of Art from 1880. There he studied under Pavel Chistjakov, who also influenced him with his portrait painting and historical depictions. Through visits to important museums in Russia and Europe, Serov became aware of Old Master painting. He incorporated their painting style into his own works.
Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov painted his first works in the style of Russian Impressionism. Among his most famous works from this period is The Girl with Peaches from 1887, in which he portrayed the daughter of an art patron. Today it can be seen, among other works by Serov, in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. From 1890 Serov devoted himself almost exclusively to portrait painting. In the years that followed, he painted numerous portraits of famous writers and actors. He also made portraits of famous artists, such as the painter Isaak Levitan. Serov liked to paint family portraits and individual portraits of women and children. He attached great importance to capturing the childlike facial expressions and spontaneous movements of his models. Serov experimented with pastels, watercolours and lithographs in his painting technique. In the course of time he refined his portrait style. His portraits show a fine feeling for the individuality of the sitter. The influence of the Old Masters and Art Nouveau are unmistakable.
Serov belonged to the group of Peredwischniki(wanderers). The group consisted mainly of Russian artists who were committed to the style of realism. Serov produced landscape paintings in light colours. He loved the country and often stayed in nature. After this creative phase he returned to portrait painting. Besides politicians and other influential people, he also painted portraits of the Russian writer Maxim Gorky. After a trip to Greece and Crete, Serov devoted himself to classical mythology in his late work. In 1911 he died in Moscow.
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.jpg "Bathing a Horse by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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 later Prince Yusupov 1903 - (MeisterDrucke-173969).jpg "Portrait of Count Feliks Feliksovich Sumarokov-Yelstov (1887-1967) later Prince Yusupov, 1903 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Girl with Peaches by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Tsar Alexander III, 1900 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Countess Olsuphyev, 1911 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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 in a Park 1899 - (MeisterDrucke-108430).jpg "Alexander Pushkin in a Park by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Peinture_de_Valentin_Alexandrovich_Serov_(1865-1911_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325436).jpg "Self Portrait by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Iphigenia at Tauris by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Zenaide Youssoupoff by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_in_St_Petersburg_Military_repression_during_the_1905_-_(MeisterDrucke-1022661).jpg "Red Sunday (Bloody Sunday) in St. Petersburg: Military Repression during the 1905 Demonstrations in St. Petersburg by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "At the Window. Portrait of Olga Fyodorovna Trubnikova by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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 1906 (chalk and charcoal on paper) - (MeisterDrucke-53899).jpg "Portrait of the Composer Alekandr Konstantinovich Glazunov, 1906 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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 1893 - (MeisterDrucke-103859).jpg "Portrait of the Artist Isaak Ilyich Levitan, 1893 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, 1897 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1326246).jpg "Portrait of Evdokiya Sergeevna Morozova (detail) by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mara Oliv by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1454746).jpg "Voltaire in a Cart, c. 1770-1775 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Yakunchikova-Weber, 1885-1887 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Emanuel Nobel, 1909 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of the opera singer Angelo Masini by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Young Girl in the Sunlight by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_hu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322943).jpg "Portrait of Mika Morosov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_1907_-_(MeisterDrucke-80909).jpg "Portrait of Henrietta Girshmann, 1907 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of the composer Alexander Serov 1820-1871, 1889 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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 1905 - (MeisterDrucke-59528).jpg "Portrait of Maria Nikolayevna Yermolova by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Oeuvre_de_V_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320876).jpg "Preparatory Decor for the Opera")
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.jpg "Portrait of Margarita Kirillovna Morozova, née Mamontova by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321653).jpg "Portrait of Alexei Vikulovich Morozov (detail) by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_and_the_Tsarevna_Elizabeth_(1709-62)_Hunting_1900_(tempera_un_-_(MeisterDrucke-297716).jpg "Peter II and the Tsarevna Elizabeth Hunting by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Peinture_de_Valen_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325088).jpg "Portrait of the Composer Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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 1891 - (MeisterDrucke-61629).jpg "Portrait of Konstantin Korovin (1861-1939) by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Painter Konstantin Korovin by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lyudmila Anatolyevna Mamontova 1874-1937 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Olga Orlova, 1911 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "The Rape of Europa by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Painter Constantin Alexandreyevich Korovin by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Sketch for the design of a curtain for the ballet Scheherazade by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Yelena Oliv by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Peinture_de_Valentin_Ale_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320246).jpg "The Hall of a Manor. Belkino Estate, Obninsk (Russia) by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Emperor_of_Russia_Painting_by_Vale_-_(MeisterDrucke-985243).jpg "Full-Length Portrait of Alexander III (1845-1895), Emperor of Russia (Painting by Valentin Serov, 1895) by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Peter I On The Hunt, 1902 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Peinture_de_Valentin_Alexandrovic_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322886).jpg "Portrait of the Artist Isaac Levitan by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Evdokiya Sergeevna Morozova by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Fedorovna Morozova by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov 1834-1892, 1895 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Oeuvre_de_Valentin_Alexandro_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318793).jpg "Portrait of the Ballerina Ida Rubinstein by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sofia Dragomirov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_1888_-_(MeisterDrucke-59474).jpg "Portrait of Pavel Blaramberg by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_de_Nicolas_(Nikola_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325076).jpg "Stage Design for the Ballet")
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.jpg "Ride of the Empress Catherine II by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_dans_le_ballet_les_Sylphides_de_Frederic_C_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322971).jpg "The Ballerina Anna Pavlova in the Ballet Les Sylphides (detail) by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Fyodorovna Morozova, née Simonova 1830-1911, 1897 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Tatyana Sergeevna Khokhlova, née Botkina as Child by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_aquarelle_et_gou_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325555).jpg "Self-Portrait by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Nadezhda Lamanova by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Elena Ivanovna Roerich by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_(Portrait_of_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320450).jpg "Portrait of the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Costume Design for the Opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Peinture_de_Valentin_Alexandrovi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320746).jpg "Portrait of Emperor Alexander III by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Self-portrait by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Opera Singer Francesco Tamagno by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Ostroukhov_(1858-1939)_Peinture_de_Valentin_Ale_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318091).jpg "Portrait of the artist Ilya Ostroukhov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_(future_Elisabeth_Iere_of_Russia)_and_Pe_-_(MeisterDrucke-951643).jpg "Princess Elisabeth Petrovna and Peter II Hunting by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Old Bathing House in Domotkanovo by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Prince Vladimir Mikhaylovich Golitsyn by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Revolutionary demonstration, 1906 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Praskovia Anatolievna Mamontova by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Peinture_de_Valentin_A_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323329).jpg "Portrait of the Russian Composer Alexander Serov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Nikolay Leskov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of the artist Leon Bakst (Lev Rosenberg) by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Lyudmila. Costume Design for the Opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by M. Glinka by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sofia Dragomirov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Serge Diaghilev by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Ivan Abramovich Morozov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Peinture_de_V_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325902).jpg "Children by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Serov_(1820-1871)_Peinture_de_Vale_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322755).jpg "Portrait of the Composer Alexander Serov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Timofei Savvich Morozov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_aquarelle_s_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321080).jpg "Portrait of a Woman by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Margarita Kirillovna Morozova by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_et_de_la_princesse_heritiere_Elisabe_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325952).jpg "The Ride of Tsar Peter II and Princess Elisabeth by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_(1861-1939)_au_travail_Peinture_de_Vale_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320992).jpg "Konstantin Korovin at Work by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Self Portrait by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "In the Winter by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Savva Mamontov 1841-1918, 1890 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Two Boys, 1899 by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Eau_forte_de_Valentin_Alexandrovich_Serov_(1865-191_-_(MeisterDrucke-1377019).jpg "Self-portrait by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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 in the Assumption Cathedral 1896 - (MeisterDrucke-115259).jpg "The Crowning of Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918) in the Assumption Cathedral by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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_Peinture_de_Valentin_Alexandrovich_Sero_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322861).jpg "Landscape with a Horse by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sofia Mikhailovna Botkina by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Portrait of Countess Sofia Olsuphyeva. Work by Valentin Alexandrovich Serov, pastel and sanguine on cardboard by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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.jpg "Ida Rubenstein by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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 1903 - (MeisterDrucke-587276).jpg "Portrait of Prince Felix Yussupov by Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov")
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