Zinaida serebriakova short biography

Zinaida Yavgenyevna Serebryakova (1884-1967)
 

Zinaida Serebryakova was born on the estate of Neskuchnoye near Kharkov. Her father, Yevgeny Lansere, was a well-known sculptor, and her mother, who was related to Alexander Benois, was good at drawing.

One of Zinaida's brothers, Nikolai, was a talented architect, and her other brother, Yevgeny Lansere, had an important place in Russian and Soviet art as a master of monumental painting and graphic art. 

Zinaida's childhood and youth were spent in St.

Petersburg, where her grandfather the architect N. L. Benois lived, and at Neskuchnoye.

A Russian artist but actually born in Ukraine, in present day Kharkiv to a decidedly artistic family.

The family was so artistic that no one was surprised by the girl's talent and desire to become an artist. 

Her years of study did not last long. In 1901 she studied at the art school headed by IIya Repin, and later she was taught by Osip Braz.

Zinaida's early works, which appeared at an exhibition in 1909, already showed her own style and field of interests. While studying classical