It's hot. The story of a masterpiece.

Domotkanovo An old estate that once belonged to Vladimir von Dervis. Here it is. The only Russian memorial and art museum of V.A. Serov. But why? Serov Memorial Museum is located in the estate of von Derviz? Don't answer the question This is the story of several families.

Father Valentine. Serova was a famous composer, the author of very fashionable in the middle of XI. X century of operas "Rogneda", "Judith", "Enemy's Force". Students of his conservatory They worshipped, fellow teachers did not like, considered harsh and arrogant. And Suddenly a scandal! 43-Year-Old Teacher Marries Woman Who Wasn't He was seventeen! And only the mother of the composer quietly rejoices, in her soul. The hope of babysitting the grandchildren has risen. The unexpected daughter-in-law's name was Valentina. In In 1865, the Serovs had their first child, who was named after his mother. Valentine. Valentine-Valentosha-Tosha. He remained Valentosha for life. The magnificent Valentosha Serov!

Boy boy. talented, it is taught by Repin himself, at the age of 15 Serov without any problems enters the school. Art Academy. In the summer of 1885, he came on vacation to his mother in the village. Edimonovo Tver province, where Valentina Serova lives in the family of her sister, Adelaide Simonovic. He brought to Edimonovo friends – Vladimir von Derviz and Mikhail Vrubel. And Adelaide's eldest daughters. Simonovich Masha and Nadia are ladies for extradition. And Vrubel instantly fell in love with Masha, and Derviz is in Nadia, so much so that he decided to marry quickly.

The young need The house and Derviz with Serov travel around the neighborhood in search of a manor for sale. So. They get to Domotkanovo, where there is a simple 2-storey house with a balcony and 6. columns adorning the facade. The choice was made when I went out to the balcony. They saw the alleys of the old park going down the hill, a distant spruce forest. The apple orchard, the blue ones. Alleys led to a cascade of 8 ponds connected The cleanest stream. Homelessly becomes unconditionally from now on and forever generic. The nest of the Derviz – Simonovich – Serovs.

The old one. Domotkanovsky Park at the wrinkled lime in 1888 and was born the first masterpiece. Valentosha decided to paint a portrait of his cousin Masha Simonovich. But that's it. A year when he was in love and happy, he finally got married. Eyes. Lovers and happy artists do not see what ordinary people see. The sun slides through the foliage of old linden, sunbunnies dance on the face The girls and her white blouse. You don't just have to get similarities, you have to catch them. play of light. Work on the portrait lasts 3 months on clear days, sometimes 2 before and after dinner. My parents are amazed at the patience of the machine. And Masha is proud. Her mission is to pose for a famous artist! And let him escape. The academy never finished the course. And let him say that even the views of the walls Academy can't stand it. And let’s say that he is known nowhere, except in Their families do not know ...”

In 3 months. Masha fled to St. Petersburg, with a sixth sense she understood: He won't stop working immediately, he'll ruin the portrait that makes him. famous.

Girl, The sunshine is exactly what we talk about – a masterpiece. Serov himself And then he says, "I wrote this thing, and then all my life, no matter how much I stared, nothing." It didn’t work out: it was all exhausted. And the contemporaries will say, “The truth is higher.” painting Tretyakov will buy the portrait before the exhibition.

Masha, Blessed by the sun, Valentosha wrote when the sun was shining. In bad weather, he He wrote "Overgrown Pond." In the same summer he painted a portrait of the younger machine. Sisters Lyali – “The Girl Reading a Book” She's 16 years old, she's studying for an exam. Sitting down with a book at an old table in the front garden. Suddenly running. Serov with an easel in his hands - the portrait is ready in 3 sessions. Now, "Llya, reading." The book in St. Petersburg in the Russian Museum.

And Valentosha. He began to paint a portrait of the owner of the estate Nadenko Derviz with a 5-month-old Marusei on the hands. He wrote on a sheet of roofing iron, but then the summer ended, and Serov left. Moscow. He came back a year later, remembered about the portrait, but only Marusya. year up. It is good that Nadenko gave birth to Lelyu in the winter, was someone to replace. Nana Nadia sits on the platform of the stairs leading to the second floor Domotkan's house. On the eaves of this ladder, the portrait stood for 25 years. Now. He is in the Tretyakov Gallery, in the same room with Masha, illuminated by the sun.

Domotkanovsky Life was full of pretty adventures and anecdotes. Illustrating fables Krylova, Valentosha climbed on the top of a tall spruce to risk life Find out what the fox begging for cheese looked like, from the crow's point of view, raw possessed? He conceived of writing The Mermaid, went after his cousins, asking They swim naked in a stream. He knew how to play on the body. Sunshine. The sisters considered the request indecent, and then Valentosha talked a village boy, and when he climbed into the stream, he put him a plaster A woman's head.

Still. Anecdotal story of the painting “Baba with a horse”. I didn't need it here. Just a woman, she needed a Russian beauty. And the Domotkan girls ran on The manor and, as if by chance, turned in front of the artist.

Finally the beauty is chosen, the horse is harnessed in Sleigh, easel installed near the barn. And then an unexpected problem arose: men, gathered behind the back The artist, with keen interest commented on each stroke. Looks like it. It was a shame that the sins were condemned with the same unfaithfulness. immediacy. At first, Valentosha thought he would write "baba," and the audience They will. It wasn't, the writing of the horse went under the same scrutiny. control. Overall, the picture was approved. It seems like a joke, but the artist did it. One very important conclusion for myself, I came home and said, "You have to write so that you can do it." The man understood, and we are all for the bar.

There. I have a dream. In May, when the leaves begin to bloom, trees, when green meadows over the ponds, in the village Chupriyanovka harness In the cart horse, and we will go to the unknown Domotkanovo. Let's go. Just like once two friends - Valentosha Serov and Vladimir Derviz. Let's go, to fall in love with the old Domotkanovsky Park.