Valentin Serov1865–1911Mika Morozov
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Mika Morozov (in Russian: Мика Морозов; alternatively known as Portrait of Mika Morozov) is a painting by the Russian artist Valentin Serov. It was painted in 1901. For the artist at the age of four posed future Soviet literary scholar (specialist in the works of William Shakespeare), theater scholar, teacher, translator Mikhail Morozov, son of a major Russian businessman and philanthropist Mikhail Abramovich Morozov.
The painting forms part of the State Tretyakov Gallery collection's in Moscow, where it arrived in 1917. It has been repeatedly presented at national and international exhibitions. Among them are the exhibition In Russian Art Traditions held in 2004-2005 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and an exhibition of works from the collection of the Morozov brothers at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris in 2021-2022.
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The art critic Paola Volkova in her book Bridge over the Abyss (2015) noted that the canvas reflects the view of the child characteristic of the second half of the 19th century — "sometimes the emotional or mental or inner world of a child is more significant than the world of an adult". The adult lives "in a socially defined world" — in a "false and closed" world. From the point of view of the artists of the time, complete openness is characteristic of children. However, she noted that from the second half of the 19th century artists "begin to deal only with the salvation of the world" and they are little interested in children. Therefore, Serov's treatment of the child in the portrait of Mika Morozov is "the least numerous and very quickly cut off", but at the same time "the deepest and most fruitful".
博物馆的介绍 — 俄语
Обаятельный образ мальчика стал одним из олицетворений детства в русском искусстве. Детский характер, непосредственно выраженный художником, близок ярким литературным образам, созданным Аксаковым, Одоевским, Погорельским, Толстым, Гариным-Михайловским, Чеховым, которые сумели постичь самую сущность души ребенка. Лицо Мики Морозова с широко распахнутыми карими глазами, приоткрытыми пунцовыми губками и румянцем выдает его увлеченность игрой или чем-то невидимым зрителю. Ощущение стремительности мгновения усиливается благодаря импрессионистической манере письма. По меткому выражению музыковеда и литературного критика Святослава Бэлзы, «кисть мастера запечатлела поразительно одухотворенное выражение лица ребенка, в громадных темных глазах которого одновременно и детское удивление, восторженность, и недетская серьезность, целеустремленность. Это поистине “глаза души”, души щедрой и пылкой».
作品信息
- 馆藏编号
- 5325
与此同时，在Valentin Serov的生活中
完整生平1878–1911 · 工作地
Moscow
early 1899
The first “World of Art” exhibition
In early 1899 Serov’s works, two portraits and several landscapes, were shown at the first exhibition of the “World of Art” association.
1899–1900
Obtains an imperial subsidy for “The World of Art”
After Savva Mamontov’s bankruptcy the journal “The World of Art” was supported for six months by Ostroukhov and Botkin, and then Serov, by then the “court portraitist”, obtained a three-year subsidy from the emperor.
1900
The Grand Medal of Honour at the Paris World’s Fair
For his portrait of Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich at the World’s Fair in Paris, which Serov visited with his wife in October, he was awarded the Grand Medal of Honour.
late 1901
Stops working for the imperial court
At the end of 1901 Empress Alexandra Feodorovna interfered with Serov’s work on yet another portrait of Nicholas II, and he stopped working for the imperial court.
October – November 1903
A grave illness and surgery for peritonitis
In early October 1903 Serov fell gravely ill and even wrote his will. The operation on 25 November at Chegodayev’s surgical clinic revealed a perforated stomach and peritonitis, but it went well and the artist survived.
