Family Dynasty Timeline
Explore the artistic legacy of the Cavos, Benois, Lanceray, and Serebriakova lines across more than three centuries
Foundations in Russia
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Louis-Jules Benois
1770-1822
Catterino Cavos
1775-1840
Paul Lanceray
c. 1788-c. 1826
Imperial Builders
1800-1850
Alberto Catterinovich Cavos
1800-1863
Nikolai Leontievich Benois
1813-1898
Ludwig-Alexander Pavlovich Lanceray
1815-1869
Camilla Cavos (Benois)
1828-1891
Imperial Artistic Household
1848-1875
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Lanceray
1848-1886
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Yekaterina Nikolayevna Lanceray
1850-1933
Albert Nikolaevich Benois
1852-1936
Leon Nikolaevich Benois
1856-1928
Alexandre Benois
1870-1960
Silver Age
1874-1900
Nikolay Yevgenyevich Lanceray
1879-1942
Boris Serebriakov
1882-1919
Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Lanceray
1875-1946
Zinaida Serebriakova
1884-1967
Zinaida Serebriakova
1884-1967
Biography
The painter at the heart of this collection. Her work connects self-portraiture, family scenes, ballet pictures, peasant compositions, emigration, and the Moroccan series.
Major Achievements
- "At the Dressing Table" (1909)
- Ballet and Morocco series
- International recognition
Notable Facts
- The artist at the heart of this collection
Nadezhda Leontievna Benois
1896-1975
Revolution & Emigre Years
1906-1925
Evgeny Borisovich Serebriakov
1906-1990
Alexander Borisovich Serebriakov
1907-1995
Tatyana Borisovna Serebriakova
1912-1989
Ekaterina Borisovna Serebriakova
1913-2014
Sir Peter Ustinov
1921-2004
Soviet Era
1940-1980
Ivan Nikolaev
1940-2021
Contemporary Stewardship
1970-Present
Anastasia Nikolaeva
1970-Present
Three Families, One Artistic Dynasty
Zinaida Serebriakova stood at the meeting point of three remarkable families who came to Russia from France and Italy: the Benois, the Lanceray, and the Cavos, uniting architects, painters, sculptors, composers, and opera singers across more than two centuries.
Louis-Jules Benois (1770-1822) left France during the Revolution and became chef patissier to Empress Maria Feodorovna. His son Nikolai Benois (1813-1898) was chief architect of Peterhof, and the family went on to produce the painter and Mir iskusstva founder Alexandre Benois, Zinaida's uncle.
A family of Venetian musicians and architects. The composer and conductor Catterino Cavos (1775-1840) came to direct the Imperial opera orchestras; his son Alberto Cavos (1800-1863) designed the Mariinsky Theatre and rebuilt the Bolshoi after the 1853 fire.
Paul Lanceray (c. 1788-c. 1826), an officer in Napoleon's Grande Armee, was wounded and captured during the 1812 Russian campaign and remained in Russia, marrying Olga Karlovna von Taube in Riga; family accounts describe her as a ward of Baron Karl von Taube. Their line produced the sculptor Yevgeny Lanceray, Zinaida's father.
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