Valentin Serov

Repin once said about Serov:
“…He would throw himself into his work with such self-forgetfulness that I sometimes had to force him to stop.”
To which Serov replied: “To work means to burn.”
And for him, art was the most beloved form of work.

At this lecture, we’ll talk about this self-critical and constantly evolving artist, and discover:

• Why “Girl with Peaches” became a symbol of Russian painting, and how Serov revealed the character of his models

• How Ilya Repin influenced his success and how the techniques, styles, and approaches of the great Russian painters evolved

• Serov’s connection to the Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers) movement and which of his paintings caused public scandals

The lecture will be led by Pasha Rost — painter, illustrator, and graduate of the Florence Academy of Art, Faculty of Academic Painting.