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c/traditional_art by u/NoSpotOfGround 2w ago lemmy.world

Zinaida Serebriakova - "At the dressing table" (1909, self-portrait)

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From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Dressing-Table): According to Serebriakova, the winter came early in that year, there was a lot of snow, but it was warm in the house, so "she started to paint herself in the mirror, entertaining by drawing different small things from her dressing-table".

Here's [a great video describing the context of the painting and Zinaida's rather tragic life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSxUiio_PM) that followed this happy moment.

Other paintings by her:

![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0ae8684e-28cb-4e10-b43a-331df947e7ee.jpeg)![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/dd56817e-f54f-4304-865b-f89ffc6962b2.jpeg)![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/16a63a1d-f3ee-4aad-b3dc-fc00177ff007.webp)![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/dac4da44-d94b-47e1-a6a6-0a08ccd1f451.jpeg)![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cdf9ae9a-908c-4aad-b445-2a061b4b44da.jpeg)
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