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Self Portrait, 1880s
Valentin Alexandrovich Serov was born to the composer
Alexander Serov and his fellow composer wife Valentina Bergman.
He is said to be of partial Jewish descent[1]. In his childhood
he studied under Ilya Repin (in Paris and Moscow) and in the
St.Petersburg Academy of arts (1880-1885) under Pavel Chistyakov.
Serov’s early creativity was sparked by the influence of
the realistic art of Repin and strict plastic system of Chistyakov.
The biggest influences on Serov were paintings of the old masters
in museums of Russia and Western Europe, friendship with Mikhail
Vrubel and later with Konstantin Korovin, and the creative atmosphere
of the Abramtsevo Colony circle to which he was closely connected.
The best works of Serov are among the greatest of Russian realistic
art. He taught in the Moscow School of painting, sculpturing
and architecture from 1897 to 1909), and among his students
were Pavel Kuznetsov, N.N. Sapunov, Martiros Saryan, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin,
N.P. Ulyanov, and Konstantin Yuon.
Valentin Serov. 1865 - 1911. Paintings. Graphic Art by
Yevgenia Petrova (Editor), Joseph Kiblitsky (Editor), Vladimir
Leniashin (Author), Vladimir Kruglov (Author) – Hardcover,
Publisher: Palace Editions (2005)
The album and illustrated catalogue include all paintings and
sculptures as well as the most significant graphic works from
the collection of the Russian Museum. Includes two articles,
one of them is devoted to Valentin Serov' oeuvre. The other
one acquaints with the collection of works by the master in
the Russian Museum. The publication is supplemented with commentaries,
chronicle of life and oeuvre of the artist and archival photographs.
570 illustrations in full color. 12.9 x 10.2 x 1.2 inches
Valentin
Serov, 1865-1911 Unknown Binding: 270 pages Publisher:
Aurora Art Publishers (1987) Language: English
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Valentin Serov. 1865 - 1911. Paintings. Graphic Art 
Unknown Binding: 199 pages Publisher: Izd-vo "Avrora"
(1991) Language: Russian
Valentin
Serov: Portraits of Russia's Silver Age (Studies in Russian
Literature and Theory) 
Valentin Serov: The First Master of Russian Painting
by Igor Grabar – Hardcover, Publisher: Moscow: Iskusstvo;
1st edition (1980)
