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Valentin Serov
Sign in to saveAlso known as Valentin Aleksandrovitš Serov, Valentin Alexandrovich Serov, Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov, Valentin Alexandrovitch Serov, V. A. Serov, Valentin Aleksandrovich Si︠e︡rov, Valentin Serow, Valentin Aleksandrovič Serov
Russian painter (1865–1911)
Valentin Serov was a Russian painter who lived from 1865 to 1911 and is considered one of the most important portrait artists of his time. He matters because his skillful paintings of Russian society figures helped define how late 19th and early 20th-century Russian portraiture developed and influenced the visual culture of that era.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Valentin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Father
- Alexander Serov
- Mother
- Valentina Serova
- Occupation
- teacher
- Educated at
- Imperial Academy of Arts
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Notable work
- Girl with peaches
- Student of
- Pavel Chistyakov
- Field of work
- portrait
- Genre
- portrait
- Movement
- Impressionism
- Image
- Valentin Serov (1901-2).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Valentin Serov
- date of birth
- 1865-01-19
- date of death
- 1911-12-05
- Commons Creator page
- Valentin Serov
- Commons gallery
- Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov
- name in native language
- Валентин Александрович Серов
- student
- Ilya Mashkov
- has works in the collection
- Samara Art Museum
- topic's main category
- Category:Valentin Serov
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Encyclopedic overview
Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Валентин Александрович Серов; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1865 – 5 December 1911) was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Belle Époque, active in St. Petersburg and Moscow, generally considered the primary portraitist of his generation.
Life and work
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