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Valentin Serov

1865 - 1911

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Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Валенти́н Алекса́ндрович Серо́в; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1865 – 5 December 1911) was a Russian painter and draughtsman, generally considered the primary portraitist of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentin Serov is the 478th most popular painter (down from 355th in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from Russia (down from 350th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Painter.

Valentin Serov is most famous for his portraits of famous Russian writers and poets.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Valentin Serov ranks 478 out of 2,023. Before him are Louis-Michel van Loo, Giovanni Lanfranco, Mariotto Albertinelli, Richard Serra, Abraham Bloemaert, and Heinrich Füger. After him are Johan Christian Dahl, Cosimo Tura, Wilhelm Busch, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Ernest Meissonier, and Séraphine Louis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Valentin Serov ranks 44. Before him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Gérard Encausse, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Duan Qirui, Ernst Troeltsch, and Nikola Zhekov. After him are Frederick Cook, Yvette Guilbert, Rüdiger von der Goltz, Rainis, Rafael Merry del Val, and Sabino Arana. Among people deceased in 1911, Valentin Serov ranks 19. Before him are Joseph Dalton Hooker, Mahboob Ali Khan, Maria Pia of Savoy, Laura Marx, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, and Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy. After him are Williamina Fleming, Johan Svendsen, Edward Whymper, Joseph Bell, Theodor Escherich, and Ahmed ‘Urabi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valentin Serov ranks 435 out of 3,761. Before him are Eduard Khil (1934), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), Ivan Ilyin (1883), and Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899). After him are Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Helena of Moscow (1476), Andrei Platonov (1899), and Nikolai Kardashev (1932).

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Among PAINTERS In Russia

Among painters born in Russia, Valentin Serov ranks 16. Before him are Marianne von Werefkin (1860), Vasily Perov (1834), Lovis Corinth (1858), Karl Bryullov (1799), Mikhail Vrubel (1856), and Lyubov Popova (1889). After him are Ivan Bilibin (1876), Vasily Surikov (1848), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), Martiros Saryan (1880), Boris Kustodiev (1878), and Nikolai Ge (1831).

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