Валентин Серов

"My only weapons are a brush and a pencil. I have no other." (Valentin Serov in conversation with Princess Yusupova) ___ During his relatively short artistic career, Valentin Serov created numerous portraits. Beginning with his early masterpieces, "Girl with Peaches" and "Girl in the Sun," Valentin Alexandrovich found increasingly laconic, yet vivid, ways to convey the character of his subjects. He succeeded in making the subjects recognizable not by their faces, but by their figures alone. Art historian Armen Apresyan discusses Serov's major paintings, also briefly touching on his biography. What impressions did Serov have of Venice? Who were his friends? How was "Girl with Peaches" created? What principles guided Valentin Alexandrovich's art? Which painting did Serov consider the most important in his life? Watch the new episode on the Dostoevsky Lecture Channel. • Information about in-person lectures can be found here • ✨ Dostoevsky Lecture Hall Telegram channel: https://t.me/dostoevsky_fm_dostoverno ✨ Lecture Hall website: https://dostoverno.ru/events/categori... ✨ Russian History Club: https://t.me/dostoevsky_offline Timecodes: 00:00 About Valentin Alexandrovich Serov 00:51 "Each portrait is a whole illness" 02:58 A magnificent teacher 04:25 A brief biography: family, character, studies 07:18 Adventures in Europe 08:45 About Olga Trubnikova 11:59 The painting "Girl with Peaches" 14:43 The most important painting in Serov's life 17:45 Friendship with Korovin 19:02 About the portrait Nicholas II 9:02 PM About Ivan Morozov's Portrait 10:38 PM Portraits of the Yusupovs 25:18 The Artist-Dictator. Portraits of Olsufyeva, Peter I, and Ida Rubinstein 29:42 I Wanted to Paint Something Pleasing Hints in the video: Arts Patron Savva Mamontov    • Меценат Савва Мамонтов   Arts Patron Ivan Morozov    • Меценат Иван Морозов   Tretyakov Gallery | Art historian Tatyana Yudenkova explains | Tretyakov Gallery    • Третьяков и галерея | Рассказывает искусст...   Subscribe to the channel:    / @dostoverno_ru   Subscribe to the SECOND CHANNEL with live event broadcasts:    / @fedor_lektoriydostoevsky   📚 Our website: https://dostoverno.ru/ 📚 Instagram:   / dostoevsky.lectory   📚 VK: https://vk.com/lectorydostoevsky 📚 FB:   / dostoevsky.lectory   📚 OK: https://ok.ru/dostoevsky.lectory 📚 Telegram: https://t.me/dostoevsky_fm_dostoverno 📚 Rutube: https://rutube.ru/channel/23630029/ Video provided by the Russian Cultural Foundation https://rcfoundation.ru/ #Serov #painting #DostoevskyLectureHall #Dostoevsky #DostoevskyChannel #lectures #art #valentinserov #serovpaintings #portrait #RussianCultureFoundation