Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

So appreciating the evolution of the Twitter thread as a form of beauty in its own right. Here, a wholly captivating, exquisitely crafted portrait of the life of Kharkov-born Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967). Image, Self-portrait, 1956. x.com/culturaltutor/status/1581758234527817728

Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967). Self-portrait, 1956.
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Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967). Self-portrait, 1956.

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @Plough I note your inside cover has a profile of Zinaida Serabriakova. Born near Kharkov in modern-day Ukraine, Zinaida's life as woman, wife and mother succumbed repeatedly to tribulation and tragedy driven by immense geopolitical turns. And yet her art, so tender. Here, a Twitter gem.Quoted by@Plough I note your inside cover has a profile of Zinaida Serabriakova. Born near Kharkov in modern-day Ukraine, Zinaida's life as woman, wife and mother succumbed repeatedly to tribulation and tragedy driven by immense geopolitical turns. And yet her art, so tender. Here, a Twitter gem.Quoted byE.O. Wilson: "We are entering a new era of existentialism, not the old absurdist existentialism of Kierkegaard & Sartre, giving complete autonomy to the individual, but the concept that only unified learning, universally shared, makes accurate foresight and wise choice possible."Quoted byZinaida Serebryakova, Nude with book, 1940. Born near Kharkov in modern-day Ukraine, Zinaida's life as woman, wife and mother succumbed repeatedly to tribulation and tragedy driven by immense geopolitical turns. And yer art, so tender. @womensart1