15 most famous self-portraits of Russian artists (PICS)

Apr 03 2022

Russia Beyond

Tretyakov Gallery: Russian Museum

These artists are known as authors of beautiful landscapes, historical paintings and portraits of celebrities, but many of them also painted their own images. We’ve put together some of the most iconic self-portraits.

1. Orest Kiprensky, 1828

Tretyakov Gallery

2. Karl Bryullov, 1848

Tretyakov Gallery

3. Konstantin Makovsky, 1856

Tretyakov Gallery

4. Ivan Kramskoi, 1867

Tretyakov Gallery

5. Vasily Perov, 1870

Tretyakov Gallery

6. Valentin Serov, 1880s

Private collection

7. Isaac Levithan, 1880

Public domain

8. Mikhail Vrubel, 1885

Museum of Russian Art, Kiev

9. Ilya Repin, 1887

Public domain

10. Konstantin Somov, 1898

Russian Museum

11. Zinaida Serebryakova, 1909

Tretyakov Gallery

12. Boris Kustodiev, 1912

Uffizi

13. Marc Chagall, 1913

Stedelijk Museum

14. Kazimir Malevich, 1933

Russian Museum

15. Nicholas Roerich, 1930s

International Center of the Roerichs

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