Valentin Serov

“Girl with peaches”, “Girl illuminated by the sun”, portraits of Zinaida and Felix Yusupov, portrait of Ermolova, avant -garde “The abduction of Europe” and a portrait of Ida Rubinstein are only a small part of the vast creative heritage of Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov (1865–1911), but also It would be enough to forever keep his name in the history of Russian and world art. One of the most gifted Russian artists was born in a creative family and from childhood showed remarkable ability to draw, with admiration, marked by his mentor Ilya Repin ...
In 1967, the first book of Mark Kopshitser, Valentin Serov, who deserved enthusiastic reviews of prominent literature figures and recognition of readers, was published in the publishing house. Korney Chukovsky praised the gift of the author: “I knew almost all the people depicted by you, but you, of course, are not, meanwhile they are depicted with you so truthfully and vividly that you are only amazed.”