Valentin Serov
Among the “young peredvizhniki” who joined the World of Art group, the most brilliant portraitist was Valentin Serov. Like many of his contemporaries, he delighted in painting out of doors, and some of his most appealing portraits – such as Girl with Peaches, Girl in Sunlight and In Summer – owe their naturalness to their setting or to the interplay of sunlight and shadows. Indeed, Serov regarded them as “studies” rather than portraits, giving them descriptive titles that omitted the sitter\'s name. The subject of Girl with Peaches – painted when Serov was only twenty-two – was in fact Mamontov\'s daughter Vera. The model for In Summer was Serov\'s wife. When only six years old, Serov began to display signs of artistic...
Дата выхода: декабрь 2016