Портрет императора Николая II (1868-1918)

1878–1911 · Local de trabalho

Moscow

January 1898

Diaghilev’s exhibition: 15 works at the Stieglitz Museum

At the exhibition of Russian and Finnish artists organised by Sergei Diaghilev at Baron Stieglitz’s museum in St. Petersburg, Serov was represented by 15 works.

23 March 1898

Awarded the title of academician

On 23 March 1898 the general meeting of the Academy of Arts, on the proposal of Mathé, Repin and Chistyakov, awarded Serov the title of academician.

1899–1900

Obtains an imperial subsidy for “The World of Art”

After Savva Mamontov’s bankruptcy the journal “The World of Art” was supported for six months by Ostroukhov and Botkin, and then Serov, by then the “court portraitist”, obtained a three-year subsidy from the emperor.

1900

The Grand Medal of Honour at the Paris World’s Fair

For his portrait of Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich at the World’s Fair in Paris, which Serov visited with his wife in October, he was awarded the Grand Medal of Honour.

late 1901

Stops working for the imperial court

At the end of 1901 Empress Alexandra Feodorovna interfered with Serov’s work on yet another portrait of Nicholas II, and he stopped working for the imperial court.