Vasily Surikov1848–1916Портрет девочки
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Where is “Портрет девочки” now? Collection: State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Unknown.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in Russian
В портрете девочки проявляется характерная для суриковских детских портретов особенность – они почти всегда серьезны. Художник редко изображал детей улыбающимися, избегал какой-либо идеализации и слащавости. Как и все ранние портреты Сурикова, произведение написано на холсте небольшого размера в сдержанной цветовой гамме. Ирина Шувалова. Живопись // Суриков в Русском музее. СПб, 1998. С. 108.
State Russian Museum
Details
- Accession number
- Ж-8448
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- State Russian Museum
- Image: State Russian Museum — © State Russian Museum
In the life of Vasily Surikov
The whole life1877
Frescoes for Christ the Saviour and the move to Moscow
Having received a commission for four frescoes on the Ecumenical Councils for the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Surikov starts work in St Petersburg and in 1877 moves to Moscow. He has no home of his own there, living in rented apartments and hotels, and often spends the summer in Krasnoyarsk.
25 January 1878
His wedding to Elizaveta Share
On 25 January 1878 Surikov marries Elizaveta Augustovna Share; the wedding takes place in the Vladimir Church in St Petersburg, after which the newlyweds leave for Moscow. The bride’s mother, Maria Alexandrovna Share, was a relative of the Decembrist Pyotr Svistunov.
20 September 1878
Daughter born: Olga Surikova
1880
The birth of his daughter Elena
In 1880 Surikov and Elizaveta Share have a second daughter, Elena (1880–1963), later a professor of history and a great lover of the theatre.
1881
He joins the Peredvizhniki
In 1881, the year “The Morning of the Streltsy Execution” is completed, Surikov becomes a member of the Peredvizhniki, the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions; he will remain in it until 1907.
