Valentin Serov

On January 2, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, january 19, Russian

Valentin Alexandrovich Serov, January 19, 1865–December 5, 1911, was a Russian painter and draftsman.

He studied privately with Ilya Repin and entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg in 1880, where he studied under Pavel Chistyakov. Serov exhibited with the Peredvizhniki and was associated with the World of Art circle.

From 1897 to 1909 he taught at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; his students included Pavel Kuznetsov, Nikolai Sapunov, Martiros Saryan, and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. His works are held principally by the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg, as well as other Russian and international collections.

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