Zinaida Serebriakova is a fascinating figure. A beauty in her own right, she could’ve modeled for other painters had she chosen to do so, but instead she entered art school and studied beneath Ilya Repin, one of Russia’s most renowned painters and sculptors, becoming one of the first female painters in Russia to achieve national (and ultimately international) acclaim. As with many female painters of the period, her work often focused on children and family life, particularly her own. Below you can see a self-portrait of Serebriakova, painted when she was around 25.
Zinaida Serebriakova – Self-Portrait: At the Dressing Table (1909)
Zinaida Serebriakova – In the Nursery (1913)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Breakfast (1914)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Reading Girl (1917)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Tata and Katia in the Mirror (1917)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Self-Portrait with Daughters (1918)
Zinaida Serebriakova – On the Terrace in Kharkov (1919)
Zinaida Serebriakova – House of Cards (1919)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Katyusha (1920s)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Girl with a Doll (1921)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Tata in Harlequin Costume (1921)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Nude Girl (1922)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Girls at the Piano (1922)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Katya in Blue Dress by Christmas Tree (1922)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Katya at the Kitchen Table (1923)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Katya in the Kitchen (1923)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Katya (1923)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Katya and Still-Life (1923)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Katyusha on a Blanket (1923) (1)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Katyusha on a Blanket (1923) (2)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Tata with Vegetables (1923)
Zinaida Serebriakova – Tata in Dance Costume (1924)
Katya was dead this summer
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Серебрякова,_Екатерина_Борисовна
Sad news. But thank you for the update.
At least she was blessed with a very long life. She was 101.
P.S. It is unfortunate that this Wikipedia article about Catherine Serebriakoff does not exist in English, only in Russian, French and Welsh.
I was just revisiting this post, and Wikipedia can be strange. They added a Ukrainian version of that article, but not one in English, even though Wikipedia is based in the U.S.