Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (n?e Lanceray) (Russian: Зинаи́д&# 1072; Евге́нь&# 1077;вна Серебря& #1082;о́ва) (December 10, 1884?September 19, 1967) was the first female Russian painter of distinction.
Zinaida Serebriakova was born on the estate of Neskuchnoye near Kharkov (now Ukraine) into one of Russia's most refined and artistic families.
She belonged to the artistic Benois family. Her grandfather, Nicholas Benois, was a famous architect, chairman of the Society of Architects and member of the Russian Academy of Science. Her uncle, Alexandre Benois, was a famous painter, founder of the Mir iskusstva art group. Her father, Yevgeny Nikolayevich Lanceray, was a well-known sculptor, and her mother, who was Alexandre Benois' sister, was good at drawing. One of Zinaida's brothers, Nikolay Yevgenyevich Lanceray, was a talented architect, and her other brother, Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Lanceray, had an important place in Russian and Soviet art as a master of monumental painting and graphic art. The Russian-English actor and writer Peter Ustinov was also related to her.
Self-portrait: At the Dressing-Table (1909)
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Harvest (1915)
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House of Cards (1919)
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Lit By The Sun (1928)
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Zinaida Serebriakova was born on the estate of Neskuchnoye near Kharkov (now Ukraine) into one of Russia's most refined and artistic families.
She belonged to the artistic Benois family. Her grandfather, Nicholas Benois, was a famous architect, chairman of the Society of Architects and member of the Russian Academy of Science. Her uncle, Alexandre Benois, was a famous painter, founder of the Mir iskusstva art group. Her father, Yevgeny Nikolayevich Lanceray, was a well-known sculptor, and her mother, who was Alexandre Benois' sister, was good at drawing. One of Zinaida's brothers, Nikolay Yevgenyevich Lanceray, was a talented architect, and her other brother, Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Lanceray, had an important place in Russian and Soviet art as a master of monumental painting and graphic art. The Russian-English actor and writer Peter Ustinov was also related to her.
Self-portrait: At the Dressing-Table (1909)
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Serebryakova_SefPortrait.jpg
Harvest (1915)
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Serebryakova_Harvest_1915.jpg
House of Cards (1919)
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Serebryakova_CardHause.jpg
Lit By The Sun (1928)
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Serebryakova_Lit_By_The_Sun.jpg
((This image is of a drawing, painting, print, or other two-dimensional work of art, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the artist who produced the image, the person who commissioned the work, or the heirs thereof. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of works of art
? for critical commentary on
o the work in question, for educational purposes
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law.))