“Girl with Peaches”, “Girl Illuminated by the Sun”, portraits of Zinaida and Felix Yusupov, portrait of Ermolova, avant-garde “The Rape of Europe” and a portrait of Ida Rubinstein - this is only a small part of the vast creative heritage of Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov (1865–1911) , but it would be enough to forever preserve his name in the history of Russian and world art. One of the most gifted Russian artists was born into a creative family and from childhood showed remarkable drawing abilities, noted with admiration by his mentor Ilya Repin... In 1967, the Art Publishing House published Mark Kopshitzer’s first book, “Valentin Serov,” which earned rave reviews from prominent literary figures and recognition from readers. Korney Chukovsky highly appreciated the author’s talent: “I knew almost all the people you depicted well, but you, naturally, did not, yet you depict them so truthfully and vividly that you are amazed.”