At the Dressing-Table
| At the Dressing-Table. Self-Portrait | |
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| Russian: За туалетом. Автопортрет | |
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| Artist | Zinaida Serebriakova |
| Year | 1909 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 75 cm × 65 cm (30 in × 26 in) |
| Location | Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
At the Dressing-Table. Self-Portrait (Russian: За туалетом. Автопортрет) is a 1909 painting by Russian-French painter Zinaida Serebriakova. The painting is in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Its size is 75 × 65 cm.[1]
At the Dressing-Table was executed by Serebriakova in 1909 while she was living near Neskuchnoye, Kursk Governorate[2] (now is a part of Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine). According to Serebriakova, the winter came early in that year, there was a lot of snow, but it was warm in the house, so "she started to paint herself in the mirror, entertaining by drawing different small things from her dressing-table".[3][4]
On the insistence of Eugene Lanceray, her brother, Serebriakova sent At the Dressing-Table to Saint-Petersburg. It was exhibited at the 7th exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists, which moved from Moscow in the beginning of 1910.[5] The painting was well received by the public and art critics. The painter Valentin Serov called it a "very cute and fresh thing",[6] while the painter and critic Alexandre Benois wrote that Serebriakova "gave to Russian public such a wonderful gift, such a "smile from ear to ear", that one cannot fail to thank her for that".[7][8][9] Right after the exposition the painting was bought by the Tretyakov Gallery.[10]
The current self-portrait At the Dressing-Table is considered one of the most important works of Serebriakova along with Bath-house (1913, Russian Museum), Harvest (1915, Odesa Art Museum) and Whitening Canvas (1917, Tretyakov Gallery).[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Serebryakova, Zinaida Yevgenyevna — At the Dressing-Table. Self-Portrait". The Tretyakov Gallery. Archived from the original on 2017-03-30.
- ^ Knyazeva 1979, p. 38—50.
- ^ Knyazeva 1979, p. 52.
- ^ Rusakova 2008, p. 40.
- ^ Knyazeva 1979, p. 55.
- ^ Efremova 2006, p. 7.
- ^ Knyazeva 1979, p. 57.
- ^ Savinov 1973, p. 17.
- ^ Evstratova 2013, p. 466.
- ^ Rusakova 2008, p. 45.
- ^ Knyazeva 1979, p. 7.
Literature
[edit]- Benoit, A. N. (1997). Художественные письма. 1930—1936 (in Russian). Moscow: Galart. ISBN 5-269-00919-6.
- Efremova, E. V. (2006). Зинаида Серебрякова [Zinaida Serebriakova] (in Russian). Moscow: Art-Rodnik. ISBN 5-9561-0176-8.
- Evstratova, E. N. (2013). 500 сокровищ русской живописи (in Russian). Moscow: OLMA. ISBN 9-785-373-04169-0.
- Knyazeva, V. P. (1979). Зинаида Евгеньевна Серебрякова [Zinaida Evgenyevna Serevriakova] (in Russian). Moscow: Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo.
- Petinova, E. F. (2001). Русские художники XVIII — начала XX века (in Russian). Moscow: Avrora. ISBN 978-5-7300-0714-7.
- Rusakova, A. A. (2008). Зинаида Серебрякова [Zinaida Serebriakova] (in Russian). Moscow: Molodaya Gvardiya. ISBN 978-5-235-03108-1.
- Savinov, A. N. (1973). Зинаида Евгеньевна Серебрякова [Zinaida Evgenyevna Serebriakova] (in Russian). Moscow: Khudozhnik RSFSR.
- Sarabyanov, D. V. (1986). Зинаида Серебрякова. Сборник материалов и каталог экспозиции к 100-летию со дня рождения художника (in Russian). Moscow: Sovetskiy Khudozhnik.
- Государственная Третьяковская галерея — каталог собрания. Vol. 5: Живопись конца XIX — начала XX века. Moscow: Skanrus. 2005. ISBN 5-93221-089-3 – via Bruk, Ya. V.; Iovleva, L. I.
- Зинаида Серебрякова: живопись, графика. Moscow: Dom Naschokina. 2003. ISBN 5-00-002077-4.