Serov Valentin

[Antonio_P.Caballer]

Hello Joanna,

The artist i do not know for sure. I would say it´s not Serov...but if i happen to find it out i´ll tell you

[Lisa]

http://svpokrov.narod.ru/portret.htm

[Mike]

Nicolas was potrayed in a British uniform (Scott Grey regiment, as said in an article about Serov elsewhere on the AP site).

Lisa, have you read that Russian link - about the portrait's divine fragrance, miracle healing and the like?

[Lisa]

Mike, I just read "en diagonale" as we say in French... (I'm a little lazy this morning!)

[Sunny]

Lisa, Annie and Mike, many thanks. The Serov of Nicholas that started this great thread, is said by several who knew him, to be the only portrait that captured the depth of kindness found in his eyes.

Sunny

[hikaru]

There was a  big scandal connected  with Serov at the Court .
The cause of such scandal was an attitude of Alix.
When Serov was painting the famouse portrait of 1900,
he Alix came near and gave him some recommendations.
He did not like it.
And then when he was asked to paint another portrait in 1901 he said straightly that he is not going to tolerate anybodie's recommendations and directions.

[Fawzia]

I think I remember that mentioned in Lost Splendour.   I can understand his pioint!

I love Serov, he's my 2nd favorite.   Here is a good link for Serov's work, there's two pages, Zinaida, Felix, and Count Felix are on the 2nd page I believe.  

http://www.abcgallery.com/S/serov/serov.html

[AlexP]

Where are the Serovs today?

Are they in the Tretyakov?

Are they in the Hermitage?

Are they in the Russian Museum?

Of the total known works by Serov, how many are in Russian today, and how many are in abroad?

Thanks all.

And particularly, the haunting portrait of Mme Yussopova, where is it?

[lexi4]

Alex,
I believe the Portrait of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna is at the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow as is the potrait of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich. There are others there too.
Some of the servo portaits are in The Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. I believe there are some on display at the History Museum in Moscow.
Hope this helps. His work is wonderful.

[AlexP]

Thank you for your kind answer.

Maybe we can all look for a list of what-is-actually-where.

Regards, as always,

A.A.

[hikaru]

Major portraits are divided between Russian Museum and Tretiakov Gallery.
But there are a lot of the good painture by him which were sent in various local museums.
As for Tretiakov, there are 2 big  only Serov room plus the peintings and graphics which are not exhibited.
I have no Catalogue near me, but I could say that there are the following portraits in Tretiakov:

1. Nicholas (about 1900) famouse one
2. Portraits of Grand Dukes ( Pavel Alexandrovich etc.)
3. Portrait of Vera Mamontova ( masterwork by Serov)
4. Portrait of Ermolova ( famouse actresse)
5. Poster of Anna Pavlova
6. Portrait of commercant Morozov etc.

There a lot of Serov in Russian Museum too.
Portraits of Yussupovs, Orlova, Botkina, Hunting Elizabeth are there.

[hikaru]

There are no russian portraits in Hermitage , except a little bit from 18th century in the rooms about decorative russian art.

[Belochka]

Thank you for your kind answer.

Maybe we can all look for a list of what-is-actually-where. A.A.

I have a listing of 190 of Serov's works which date from 1881 (self portrait) and conclude with his portrait of Ida Rubenstein (1910).

Alex, as you may appreciate such a listing is too extensive to reproduce here in full. A number are described but their whereabouts are unknown.

A few are held abroad, such as in Paris and Sweden.

Examining the listing, it appears that over 90% remain in Russia.

Please let me know if you would like to view a break-down according to location.

[AlexP]

Belochka,

Thank you very much.  I have another question but I will start a new topic to make it, I think.

Regards,

A.A.