
Valentin Serov1865–1911Må man se det?
Moskva, Rusland
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1878–1911 · Virkested
Moscow
1880–1884 · Virkested
Saint Petersburg
1885
Travel: Belgium
September 1886
Leaves the Academy and moves in with the Mamontovs
In September 1886 Serov finally decided to leave the Academy and took his papers; because of the question of military service he moved to Moscow to the Mamontovs. He later wrote that at the Academy he valued only Chistyakov’s opinion.
summer 1888
“The Girl Illuminated by the Sun” is bought by Tretyakov
In the summer of 1888 at Vladimir Derviz’s estate of Domotkanovo Serov painted “The Girl Illuminated by the Sun”, a portrait of his cousin Maria Simonovich; Pavel Tretyakov bought the painting for 300 roubles.
December 1888
The Moscow Society prize for “Girl with Peaches”
At the competition of the Moscow Society of Art Lovers “Girl with Peaches” (shown as “Portrait of V. M.”) won the only prize in the portrait category, 200 roubles. There “The Overgrown Pond”, shown as “Twilight”, lost out to Levitan’s landscapes but was bought by the Yakunchikovs.