Serov

The Soviet Nonconformist Art with formidable representatives such as Serov, or avant-garde expressionist Anatoly Zverev.

Lia Petridis Maiello: Jersey City Museum of Russian Art (MoRA) is Worth Crossing the Hudson Lia Petridis Maiello 2011

The Soviet Nonconformist Art with formidable representatives such as Serov, or avant-garde expressionist Anatoly Zverev.

Lia Petridis Maiello: Jersey City Museum of Russian Art (MoRA) is Worth Crossing the Hudson Lia Petridis Maiello 2011

The Soviet Nonconformist Art with formidable representatives such as Serov, or avant-garde expressionist Anatoly Zverev.

Lia Petridis Maiello: Jersey City Museum of Russian Art (MoRA) is Worth Crossing the Hudson Lia Petridis Maiello 2011

The Soviet Nonconformist Art with formidable representatives such as Serov, or avant-garde expressionist Anatoly Zverev.

Lia Petridis Maiello: Jersey City Museum of Russian Art (MoRA) is Worth Crossing the Hudson Lia Petridis Maiello 2011

Related GJ post: "Stroke Module," with another portrait by Serov.

The Eyes Have It James Gurney 2009

From the point of view of visual perception, Serov conveys the hierarchy of attention that we apply when we gaze at another person's face.

The Eyes Have It James Gurney 2009

From another point of view, Serov was absorbing new ideas in painting, and combining them with his realist training.

The Eyes Have It James Gurney 2009

Serov gives us all the information we need to understand the character of the man, no less and no more.

Archive 2008-01-01 James Gurney 2008

Look at this background detail from the Serov portrait.

Archive 2008-01-01 James Gurney 2008

Serov painted the face in relatively tight focus, but he represented all other areas of the picture with rough strokes made with a bigger brush module.

Archive 2008-01-01 James Gurney 2008