Serebryakova Z.Y. House of Cards

Serebryakova Z.Y.

1884, Neskuchnoe (Kursk Gubernia) - 1967, Paris

House of Cards

1919

oil on canvas. 65 x 75.5
Ж-6634
Пост.: 1957 от Е.Б. Серебрякова, сына художницы (Ленинград)

Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
CategoryPortrait, Genre Painting
Keywords 1918-1941 (soviet period) | Neoclassicism | World of Art | family portrait | child portrait | group portrait | children | children's costume | game
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Zinaida Serebryakova paints her children building a house of cards - a favourite pas time in bygone days. These cards are not an object of passion, as they do not have any power over the children's minds. The unsteady construction is an embodiment of the fragile and ephemeral world of fantasy and play, which adults can only glimpse, but in which children live constantly. Play and Passion in Russian Fine Art. St-Petersburg. 1999. P. 43.

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