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1876

Kyiv: Murashko’s school and a small silver medal

From the spring of 1876 Serov lived with his mother and her common-law husband, the student nihilist Vasily Nemchinov, in Kyiv and on Nemchinov’s farm at Akhtyrka in Kharkov province. In the autumn, on Repin’s recommendation, he began attending Nikolai Murashko’s drawing school and soon won a small silver medal.

1878–1911 · Wirkungsort

Moscow

autumn 1879

Meets Olga Trubnikova

In the autumn of 1879, living with Repin in St. Petersburg, Serov met his future wife Olga (“Lyolya”) Trubnikova, who since the death of her mother at the age of ten had been brought up in the family of her aunt, the educator Adelaida Simonovich.

early summer 1880

Through the Crimea and Ukraine with Repin

In early summer 1880 Serov travelled with Repin through the Crimea and Ukraine, visiting places associated with the Zaporozhian Sich.

1880–1882

The Academy of Arts: from auditor to full student

In 1880 Serov entered the Academy of Arts as an auditor while also attending Chistyakov’s private studio; in August 1882, after exams, he was moved up to full student status directly into the third year. From the autumn he went to Repin’s watercolour classes, where some six young artists, Vrubel among them, met on Sunday mornings.

1880–1884 · Wirkungsort

Saint Petersburg