"My only weapons are a brush and a pencil. I don't have any other." (Valentin Serov in a conversation with Princess Yusupova) ___ During his relatively short creative life, Valentin Serov created many portraits. Starting with his early masterpieces "Girl with Peaches" and "Girl in the Sun", Valentin Aleksandrovich found increasingly laconic, but at the same time vivid ways to convey the character of his heroes. He managed to make it so that a person in a painting could be recognized not by their face, but by their figure alone. Art critic Armen Apresyan talks about Serov's main paintings, also briefly mentioning his biography. What impressions did Serov have of Venice? Who was his friend? How was the painting "Girl with Peaches" born? What principles did Valentin Aleksandrovich follow in his art? Which painting did Serov call the main one in his life? Watch the new episode on the Dostoevsky Lecture Channel. Timestamps: 00:00 About Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov 00:51 "Each portrait is a whole illness" 02:58 A magnificent teacher 04:25 A short biography: family, character, studies 07:18 Adventures in Europe 08:45 About Olga Trubnikova 11:59 The painting "Girl with Peaches" 14:43 The most important painting in Serov's life 17:45 Friendship with Korovin 19:02 About the portrait of Nicholas II 21:02 About the portrait of Ivan Morozov 22:38 Portraits of the Yusupovs 25:18 The artist-dictator. Portraits of Olsufyeva, Peter I, Ida Rubinstein 29:42 I wanted to write something encouraging Hints in the video: Patron Savva Mamontov • Patron Savva Mamontov Patron Ivan Morozov • Patron Ivan Morozov Tretyakov and the gallery Art critic Tatyana Yudenkova tells Tretyakov Gallery • Tretyakov and the gallery Tells is... Subscribe to the channel: / @dostoverno_ru Subscribe to the SECOND CHANNEL with live broadcasts from events: / @dostoverno_live ???? Our website: https://dostoverno.ru/ ???? Instagram: / dostoevsky.lectory ???? VK: https://vk.com/lectorydostoevsky ???? FB: / dostoevsky.lectory ???? OK: https://ok.ru/dostoevsky.lectory ???? Telegram: https://t.me/dostoevsky_fm_dostoverno ???? Rutube: https://rutube.ru/channel/23630029/ Video provided by the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Culture Foundation" https://rcfoundation.ru/ #Serov #painting #LectureHallDostoevsky #Dostoevsky #ChannelDostoevsky #lectures #art #valentinserov #serovpaintings #portrait #russianculturefund