Zinaida Serebryakova

Zinaida Serebryakova was the daughter of Alexander Benois’s sister and famous Russian sculptor Yevgeny Alexandrovich Lansere. Lansere was her maiden name. Serebryakova was a very distinctive artist. She painted in the way her soul led. In her work there are captivating simplicity and clarity, poetic approach to the world and endless charm of femininity. She loved the beauty of simple things, the human figure and her native nature. And the artist’s favorite themes are peasant labor, nude female model, ballet, self-portraits. Throughout her work, she repeatedly turned to the self-portrait genre, working in various techniques.
“Self-portrait” by Z. Serebryakova from the collection of Yerevan Museum of Russian Art is painted with tempera on paper. What exactly this self-portrait of the artist expresses, we leave to you to decide, dear viewer.
Zinaida Serebryakova’s daughter, Tatyana, studied ballet. And the artist herself showed a keen interest in this art. During the days of ballet performances, she spent much time behind the curtains of the Mariinsky Theater, making endless sketches, as a result of which she created a series of this famous theater’s ballerinas’ portraits.
On August 24, 1924 Z. Ye. Serebryakova left for France. She hoped to return, but fate decreed otherwise. She remained in Paris for the rest of her life and died there on September 19, 1967 at the age 83. Her works rightfully have entered the gold fund of Russian art.
Let u add that the “Russian period” of Zinaida Serebryakova’s creative life is the most interesting and is most powerful.
Z. Ye. Serebryakova at the Museum of Russian Art (collection by Prof. A. Abrahamyan):
“Autumn Landscape”, 1909
“The Crimea.Morning in the Mountains”, 1914 (?)
“Windmills”
“Selfportrait”
“Ballet dancer”
“Gatchina. Sculptures in the Park”