Serov v. A. "soldiers, brave boys, where is your glory?" 1905 cardboard, pastel, gouache. 47. 5 x 41. 5 state russian museum the work came to the russian museum in 1918 from the art bureau of n. E. Dobychina, petrograd; previously – the collection of m. Gorky (gift of the author), petrograd. Reproduced in the magazine "zhupel" (1905, no. 1). Traditionally, the composition is associated with the events of january 9, 1905 in st. Petersburg. According to i. S. Zilberstein and v. A. Samkov, it depicts the dispersal of a demonstration in moscow, near the school of painting, sculpture and architecture in october 1905. One of the sharpest satires on tsarism during the first russian revolution of 1905-1907 was created by valentin serov, who had been fulfilling orders for the royal family since the early 1890s. It was inspired by the dispersal of a peaceful demonstration by troops. In protest, serov refused the honorary title of full member of the academy of arts, whose president was grand duke vladimir, who commanded the troops of the capital's garrison. The very title of the work sounds sarcastic - a line from a russian soldier's song. The composition was presented to maxim gorky, who, like serov, was a member of the editorial board of the magazine "zhupel".
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