Old Bathhouse in Domotkanovo
1888
- oil on canvas. 76,5 x 60,8
- Ж-4312
Received in 1933 from T. M. Krasnoborodova, Leningrad; earlier in the collection of N. D. Ermakov, Petrograd; N. I. Guchkov, Moscow
- Period Late 19th century
- CategoryLandscape
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Beginning in 1886, Serov was a frequent guest at Domotkanovo, the estate of his friend Vladimir von Derwies. The estate’s natural beauty in summer and winter inspired a number of studies that are amazingly subtle in colour and full of quiet, among which is Old Bathhouse in Domotkanovo, an example of Russian Impressionism. With their lyrical interpretations of nature sustained in light tones and fresh, energetic painting style, these landscapes were new for their time and reflected the quest, typical for Russian young people at the time, for a means of expression that is in accordance with the new mental outlook.