Valentin Serov
(1865–1911) rysk konstnär
Valentin Serov (1865–1911) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Valentin Serov belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Valentin Serov was born in Saint Petersburg and died in Moscow. Valentin Serov trained at Imperial Academy of Arts. The teachers included Ilya Repin and Pavel Chistyakov. Valentin Serov worked in Munich, Paris, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg. Wikidata associates Valentin Serov with Impressionism. The students included Aleksandr Shevchenko, Nina Simonovich-Efimova, Victor Kolenda, and Ilya Mashkov.
The best-known works include ‘Rape of Europa’, ‘Madame Lwoff’, and ‘Girl with peaches’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait painting and portrait. The catalogue has 63 works by Valentin Serov with free images. The dated works span the years 1879–1911. Works by Valentin Serov are held by several collections, among them Tretjakovgalleriet, Ryska museet, Tretyakov Gallery, and Russian Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include E. Phillips Fox, Paul Sawyier, Robert Polhill Bevan, Moina Mathers, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.