At the Dressing-Table. Self-Portrait, Zinaida Serebriakova, 1909, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Context: Painted in 1909 by Russian artist Zinaida Serebriakova during a snowy winter near Neskuchnoye, “At the Dressing-Table. Self-Portrait” was exhibited at the Union of Russian Artists in early 1910, where it received enthusiastic praise from critics like Alexandre Benois and painter Valentin Serov. The Tretyakov Gallery immediately purchased the work after the exhibition, and it has since been recognized as one of Serebriakova’s most important paintings, marking a significant moment in early twentieth-century Russian art.

Elena Andreevna Kiseleva (Russian, 1878-1974) -- Portrait de femme -- Oil on canvas -- 88.3 x 106cm -- Inscribed in Cyrillic 'Belgrad' (upper right)

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Malevich -- Suprematist Composition -- 1916

More than a century after it was painted, this picture still fills me with a sense of excitement about breaking through into a new visual language.

I'm not quite sure whether it should be tagged as #RussianArt - it was created when the Russian empire still existed - #UkrainianArt - Malevich was born in Kyiv, but he was an ethnic Pole and, as far as I know, never thought of himself as Ukrainian - or as something else.

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Интересный документ: расписка 1887 года Сурикова Третьякову о получении денег за продажу картины «Боярыня Морозова» за 15 тыс рублей двумя траншами.

Рядом лежит история о том, что Император Александр III пожелал выкупить её, однако #Третьяков отказал по причине того, что картина уже не его: он передал её в дар Москве

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