Detailed lesson plan for speech development
on the topic: “A trip to the Museum House: an essay based on V. Serov’s painting “Portrait of Mika Morozov”
Note: text, in bold italics , the guys write it down in a notebook.
Class organization.State the topic and purpose of the lesson.
Good morning, Guys!
We start the school day with a speech development lesson.
I took the lines of Yulia Lazareva as the epigraph for our lesson...
The goal of our lesson is to see the “souls of changeable signs” - to compose a description text based on a painting by the famous Russian artist Valentin Serov.
Open your notebooks. Write down the date of the lesson and its topic.
February sixth
Composition
based on a painting by Valentin Serov
"Portrait of Mika Morozov"
The famous Russian artist was born on January 19, 1865. His father was famous composer and a musical figure, and his mother was a pianist and creator of several operas. After the death of his father, his mother was involved in raising her son, in every possible way encouraging his desire to draw from childhood. The boy spent his childhood in, where he learned the basics of drawing. Later the family moved to, where Valentin Aleksandrovich met, who later became his teacher.
Today we have to make sure that the artist’s painting amazes with its amazing freshness and jewelry development of every millimeter on the canvas.
Open your textbook to page 46.
Tell me, what is the name of the description of a person in painting and literature? (PORTRAIT)
- There is no task more difficult for an artist than painting a portrait of a child. Children are active and change every second. You need to have iron patience and undoubted talent to cope with such a task. P The portrait of Mika Morozov is a brilliant work by the great master Serov.
What kind of name do you think "Mika" is? MISHA
How old is the child? (4-5)
What details help determine age?
Do you think the artist wrote to Mick in the morning? During the day? In the evening?
Can a child sit on this chair for a long time? Why not?
What can you tell about a boy, judging by his posture, by appearance?
Let's make a few sentences from the thoughts voiced...
Mika is sitting in a chair. White shirt, golden curls, energetic pose.
Let's take a closer look at the boy's face.
What can you say about the child’s character? Does he seem lively and smart, or quiet and indecisive?
The child's face attracts attention. Huge, sparkling eyes, blush on the forehead, half-open mouth. The hero is carried away: he is about to take off and burst into ringing childish laughter.
Let's go back to the picture again and pay attention to the details.
Serov openly neglects the surrounding interior, background, and details. For him, only this childish moment of knowledge of the world around him, spontaneity, naturalness, openness, is important.
The contrasts on which the portrait is built are striking: Mika’s large head and his light figure, a white shirt and a dark chair, the armrests visually intersect the canvas diagonally. As a result of this technique, the boy seems to be located towards the viewer, and his movement appears from the depths of the canvas itself. White clothes and the child’s face, bursting with a healthy blush, becomes the main idea of this work.
Mika’s white suit against the dark background of the wall and chair, and the special golden glow emanating from his figure, refresh the canvas.
An artist, just like a poet...
The plot itself is experiencing...
He leaves a mark on souls...
Even though he doesn’t know about the consequences...
…
Every stroke or stroke is there...
The artist's soul shines...
And what ancient painting term...
A masterpiece becomes priceless...
This picture is a hymn carefree childhood!
Tell me guys, did we manage to achieve our goal?
What can you tell us about V. Serov’s painting “Portrait of Mika Morozov”?
Lesson on the painting by V.A. Serov "Mika Morozov" (1901)
Tasks:
To introduce students to the genre of portraiture and the work of V.A. Serova;
Form cognitive UUD based on use in various ways working with information.
1. Updating students' knowledge. Creating a situation of success.
If the picture shows a person, what is the name of such a picture?
What kind of people did the artists paint portraits of?
Have these people always been famous? Introduction to the genre
painting - portrait.
Is it only a person’s appearance that an artist reproduces? Can he show his inner, spiritual world, character traits?
2. Acquaintance with the outstanding portrait artist V.A. Serov.
Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov was an outstanding portrait painter who largely determined the development of Russian fine arts in the 20th century.
Lessons from I.E. Repin in childhood, classes at the Academy of Arts with the wonderful teacher P.P. Chistyakov gave Serov serious professional training.
Already his early painting “Girl with Peaches,” painted in 1887, when Serov was only 22 years old, was a significant event in Russian art.
Serov was attracted to the children's psychology, spontaneity of emotional movements, childish naivety, a kind of “incorruptibility”. These qualities act as unshakable human virtues, invariably valuable. One of these children's portraits is considered one of the best in world art.
3. Conversation on the content of the picture
What do you see in this picture?
Who do you think it is? What can you say about him? (When looking at this portrait, students rarely come to unanimous opinion: Some consider this child a boy, others a girl. In order for the debate not to be pointless, we provide the title of the picture.)
What name do you think the affectionate form Mika is derived from? (This is one of the variants of the name Mikhail. The boy’s full name was Mikhail Mikhailovich Morozov, he was the son of Mikhail Abramovich Morozov, a famous patron of artists and writers, a collector of works of Russian and French painting modern times),
What is happening in this picture?
What could the boy see in front of him? Did what he saw frighten him, surprise him, or make him happy?
When and where does this happen? What makes you think this way? How can this be determined? Why do you think the artist depicted Mika in such clothes and pose? What time of day could this be?
How old is this boy? (Please note that the boy is still small. The chair in which he sits is clearly too big for him. He has a childish expression on his face, plump lips, an open mouth. Knowing the boy’s date of birth - 1897 - and the date of painting - 1901 - we can say for sure that he is only four years old).
How does the artist show us the boy? Describe his face, posture, clothes. We don't see his feet, but try to determine whether the boy is wearing shoes.
What mood does this portrait evoke in you? How did the artist manage to convey such a mood?
Try to determine what interested the artist in his hero.
What serves as the background for the boy's figure?
What means does the artist use to create the image of the hero? Which tones are there more in the picture, light or dark?
I wonder if there's anything that can help us make sure we've got Mika's character right? Lyudmila Tretyakova’s book about Margarita Kirillovna Morozova, Mika Morozov’s mother, tells about several incidents from his childhood that characterize him as a dreamer, an extremely inquisitive, spontaneous, cheerful child who does not lose heart under any circumstances. For example, this episode: “Mika was bitten by a mongrel who came from nowhere. ... Mika screamed at the top of his voice, pleased with the general panic. His mother strictly ordered him to shut up and not to pester animals in the future unless he wanted to be punished for it. He instantly fell silent. The scratch was generously poured with cologne and, at the request of the victim, it was tied in multiple layers with a piece of linen. Mika, having gotten used to the role of the hero of the Battle of Poltava, immediately climbed the stairs to the roof to show the wound to the roofers. The sisters laughed at him loudly.” /P.346/.
5. Analysis of the character of the hero of the picture. Lexico-spelling preparation.
What do you think interested the artist in this boy? What character traits seemed most important to him? Which of these traits could be preserved in the adult Mikhail Mikhailovich Morozov? To do this, we will compile a characterization of the hero using a ray model (around the central circle, indicating the name of the hero, a description is given of the appearance of the hero of the picture, his behavior, character traits, and our attitude towards him.)
So, we tried to determine what features of appearance could be preserved in the adult Mikhail Morozov: dark eyes, high forehead, curly, luxuriant hair, impetuous, fast movements. He probably retained his curiosity, ability to be thoughtful and attentive, and spontaneity and liveliness of character even as adults. Perhaps this person has chosen a profession where these qualities are necessary.
Let's compare our assumptions with the memories of people who knew Morozov.
Indeed, Mikhail Mikhailovich Morozov (1897-1952) became famous critic, translator, researcher of the great English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
So, a long time ago, Valentin Serov described those traits that a person retained throughout his life. This kind of foresight is where the magic of great art lies.
Compilation of comparative characteristics.
Drawing up an essay plan. 8.Writing essays.
9. Presentation of children's works.
Children's essays
The artist Serov was fond of drawing since childhood. He loved to paint portraits of the Morozov family. We looked at one of these paintings in class... One of them depicts
On a dark green background there is a tall wooden chair on which our hero, the boy Mika, is sitting. He appears to be about five years old. A ray of morning sun falls on him from the window. Mika's eyes are brown and large, her eyebrows are thin, her lips are pink and bow-shaped, and her nose is sharp. The hair is curly, dark brown. The boy's character is kind, open, and calm - this can be seen from the image that the artist created.
The picture seemed magical to me, in it the boy looks like little prince. He has mysterious eyes, and if he spoke, his voice would be crystal. I compared Mika with my cousin Andryushka, he is very similar to him both in appearance and in his behavior. I really liked this picture, I believe that Serov loved and knew how to draw children.
Knyazevich L.
V. Serov
"Mika Morozova"
The artist Serov often painted the Morozov family. The Morozov family was famous in Russia. And the artist drew a little boy. His name was Mika Morozov. He was about five years old. He was sitting on a large chair. And he held on to the railing. And he tried to get down. Mika was in a gloomy room. I I think they were doing renovations there. Mika was probably sleeping, and a ray of light woke him up. He didn’t understand what it was and stood up or saw a gift under the tree.
Mika had tangled, curly hair from her sleep. His forehead is small and open. The eyebrows are thin and raised. Brown eyes, surprised. The nose is sharp. The cheeks are plump and rosy. Small ears. Scarlet lips, bow-shaped. Mickey's clothes are white pajamas, like overalls with a round collar. He has such a funny pose, he looks so surprised, as if he wants to get off his chair and run into the street. If you look closely at him, he has a lively character; you can immediately see that he is naughty, but a kind and good boy.
I really liked this picture because, in my version, the boy was a naughty man, and therefore very similar to me. After all, I was just as naughty as a child. (Vika Polenova).
Literature
Morozov M.M. Selected articles and translations. Preface by R.M. Samarin. M., GIHL, 1954.
Tretyakova L. Count's love. M.: Viscount-MV, 2010. -480 p.
Do we have any way of knowing whether our assumptions are correct? To do this, let’s read the memoirs of Serov’s creativity researcher I.V. Dolgopolov, which tells an episode that happened to famous artist Nikolai Sokolov (one of the Kukryniks): “The Great Patriotic War. The artists /Kukryniksy/ lived in Moscow. They created TASS Windows and drew sharp cartoons in newspapers. Sometimes in free days attended special Wednesdays in Central House arts workers, where concerts were given, films were shown...
And then one day Sokolov saw a very familiar man here, but could not remember his name. Elderly man with With his tousled, shaggy gray head, he sat in a chair, standing up slightly and slightly opening his mouth, listening attentively to the performing artist.
Nikolai Alexandrovich asked a friend during intermission: “Who is this man?” He was told that this was the critic Mikhail Morozov.
As if lightning struck Sokolov’s memory: “But this is Serov’s aged Mika Morozov!”
In the preface to M.M. Morozov’s book, R.M. Samarin wrote: “From meetings with M.M. Morozov and from his speeches, there was always an impression of passion, conviction, and passionate interest in what he was doing. An active and creative person, gifted with a subtle understanding of art, a brilliant lecturer and stylist, he completely found himself in his favorite work - the multifaceted study of Shakespeare, to whom his life was devoted...” /1/.
People who knew him noted his natural talent and enormous erudition, tireless energy and perseverance, constant goodwill towards people and artistry of nature, which aroused deep respect and sincere affection from those around him.
“Everything about him was catchy and bright: sharply looking black eyes with a sparkle, a sonorous voice, loud laughter... We invariably recognized in him that one who greedily and intently peered into the world around us child, "Mika Morozov", whom he portrayed so wonderfully great artist Valentin Serov,” recalled S.Ya.Marshak, who knew Mikhail Mikhailovich well/Cit. from: p.441-442/.
“Morozov was called a man “with talent and fire.” He was probably happy because he saw the world as a poet and philosopher, who never tired of admiring the eternal beauty of the world, regretting only the brevity of existence, allotted to enjoy it.” /P.444/.
We probably know this portrait of Valentin Serov since childhood
Wonderful baby Mika (Mikhail Mikhailovich) Morozov. 1901
He is almost 4 years old here.
He was born on February 18, 1897 in the family of the eldest son of Varvara Alekseevna Morozova (Khludova). His father is Mikhail Abramovich, and his mother is Margarita Kirillovna Morozova (Mamontova).
And he died on May 9, 1952, already a famous literary critic, translator, and the most famous Soviet Shakespeare scholar.
Let's read what his mother, who outlived him by 5 years, wrote about him...:
"Mika died on May 9, 1952.
Although he died at an already mature age, in his life it was precisely at this time that the transition to new job(He was appointed editor-in-chief of the Novosti magazine), which opened up wide creative prospects for him, and his lively and ebullient nature made him believe and hope that a lot more new things would be said to him. But a fatal illness put an end to all hopes... He died, and I, his mother, eighty years old, survived him...
Now all I have left are memories of him. These memories take me back to the distant years of the last century. The more I remember and think, the clearer and more vivid the image of a tiny curly-haired boy with large black eyes, always wide open, as if surprised, becomes. The soul involuntarily clings to the thread of memories, seeking solace in this bright image. It pains me very much that I have never kept records in my life; I have reproached myself for this more than once. So now, I would like to painfully restore many of the childhood and teenage years my son, but I will have to be content with those fragmentary pictures that my memory has preserved, and some letters.
Mika was born in our house on the corner of Smolensky Boulevard and Glazovsky Lane (where the Kiev District Committee of the CPSU is now located).
He was born a seven-month old, premature baby. This happened because on that day I was informed that my mother had cancer. I was terribly shocked and went to the clinic where my mother had surgery. I didn’t feel well at the clinic and barely had time to get home.
When Mika was born, he seemed healthy, but the next day he had a spasm in his heart, he was hastily baptized and they were afraid that the spasm would recur and he would die. But the spasm did not recur, and he gradually began to recover. He lay for a long time in a crib-bath with double walls and a bottom, into which hot water was poured to keep the child warm. I remember just when Prof. came up to him, lying in this bath. V.F. Snegirev, our great friend, exclaimed with a laugh: “We buried you, and you’re lying there looking at us!”
Indeed, my boy began to grow and get better and subsequently became a huge, broad-shouldered, powerful man. But at that time his build and health required tireless attention and care. Every year I had to go to the sea with him in the fall. In the summer we lived in the wilderness of the Tver province, in the upper reaches of the Volga. The dacha stood on the very bank of the river, surrounded by endless pine forest, full of strawberries, lingonberries and mushrooms.
By the age of four he had grown up, become very strong and developed. He spoke Russian and English very well and loudly. He mastered English easily, since he had a very sweet, intelligent English nanny, Miss McVitie. The English language responded only to his pronunciation of the letter "r"; He was very grammatical, which, however, he later completely got rid of when studying diction.
I remember that he was once looking at a book on astronomy on my table; he was very attracted by the pictures of the sun and planets, and from my words he remembered the names of the planets and really liked to repeat them. Loudly and clearly, heavily slashing the “r”, he pronounced them in order: Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth. At the same time, he did not pay any attention, he did not care whether they listened to him, he just liked to pronounce these words loudly. Often, sitting at the table on his high chair, he is silent for a long time, thinking something to himself, which has always been his distinctive feature; there is noise all around, they are talking, and he begins: “Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter,” etc. - loud, loud! I also had a book of sacred history, the Old Testament with Dore's drawings, which he loved very much. He felt very sorry for the devil, whom God had expelled from paradise, and decided to pray for him. And indeed, at night, when praying for mom and dad, he added “have mercy on the devil.”
About five years old, he began to try to read and write with great effort. By his bed hung a calendar with pictures from Yani's pastry shop.
Yani and Yanula Panayot had an oriental confectionery shop on Arbat, which all the children loved very much. Once he was sick with the flu, lay in bed for a long time, took a pencil and began to copy in block letters from this calendar: “Yani and Janula Panayot.” He spoke letters loudly and wrote terrible scribbles, but still this marked the beginning of his literacy.
At the same time, V. A. Serov painted a portrait of Mikin, in which he sits as if alive. This portrait not only conveys Mika of that time; in it, Serov captured the main feature of his nature, his extraordinary liveliness, and that is why everyone found this portrait very similar to the adult Mikhail.
When Mika was seven years old, we went to Switzerland for a whole year, to Lake Geneva. This year, spent in such clean air, among wonderful nature, brought great benefits to my boy. He has grown and become stronger. He ran a lot, played and took long walks with us into the mountains on foot and on horseback.
There, in the evenings, Mika often sat us all - me, his nanny and governess - in a row on chairs, stood in front of us and gave us “lectures about the Leperkal people,” very loudly and solemnly, as he liked to say. He reported that Leperkalia, a country in the North, consisted of forty-five islands with the main city of Botsa.
Then he talked about the wars of the Leperkals with other peoples, peppering everything with very intricate names and titles, which he himself, of course, invented. In the winter in Moscow, before we left for Switzerland, young people at our house played Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". The holiday of Lepercalia is mentioned there. Mika heard this word, and he obviously liked it and remembered it. I still have notes from Mika’s words about Lepercalia. This was his first fleeting meeting with Shakespeare. In addition, Mika composed the drama "Enemy Brothers" in Switzerland. He played it with other children, in costumes, with decorations. The plot is very dramatic and complex in emotions, with murder, also probably inspired by "Julius Caesar".
At the same time, Mika had some kind of imaginary Zernov, who in reality did not exist, but with whom Mika somehow and somewhere seemed to meet. Very often, Mika, sitting at breakfast or lunch, would seriously announce: “I just saw Zernov, and he told me...” Then the cry of everyone sitting at the table rose all around: “It’s not true, it’s not true, there’s no Zernov - no, you’re making it up.” . Mika somehow fell silent in embarrassment, but the next day he announced the same thing again.
After a year in Switzerland, Mika began studying regularly at home.
His hobbies over the years first focused on an aquarium with viviparous fish and his two Foxy dogs, with whom he played a lot in his room, and later on his passion for sports, tennis and athletics. In the summer, Mika even organized Olympics at our dacha in the Kaluga province, which attracted many young people.
Later, when Mika was in the last two classes of the gymnasium, we formed a youth circle: “Circle of Art Lovers” - KLI - then such abbreviations of words began to appear. There were three sections in KLI: literary, musical and artistic. Mika at that time was very interested in Russian literature and read abstracts about Melnikov-Pechersky and Turgenev at the KLI.
His main hobby at that time was Melnikov, he even went with one of his comrades to A.P. Melnikov, the writer’s son, in Nizhny Novgorod and then to the Nizhny Novgorod province to Lake Svetloyar, where on the night of June 23-24, under Ivan Kupala, when, according to legend, ferns bloom, pilgrims from all over our country gathered, argued about faith and prayed to the Invisible City of Kitezh. The impressions he received on this trip were very strong. He made a lot of notes, read a lot of books and sketched an essay “Images of Old Believer Rus'.” This work already reflected his innate ability and interest in scientific work.
Generally history Ancient Rus' and he was especially attracted to the Old Believers so much that for a long time he thought about devoting his life to the study of this era and parted with this idea not without difficulty (The ancestor of the entire Morozov family was Savva Vasilyevich Morozov, who lived under Alexander I. He and his whole family were Old Believers of various persuasions But the descendants of his son Abram Savvich converted to Orthodoxy, since the latter’s son Abram Abramovich married Orthodox V.A. Khludova and himself accepted the Orthodox faith. These were Mika’s grandfather and grandmother, who grew up in an Orthodox family.).
This was facilitated by another very great passion of his - his love for the theater, which gradually and finally supplanted the thought of studying ancient and Old Believer Rus'. After the revolution, near Moscow, in Cherkizovo, near Tarasovka, a theater technical school was formed, where a circle of very talented young teachers and large number student youth. Mika started teaching there. The work was carried out using the method of improvisation. Mika himself began to compose improvisations and plays based on the model Italian comedy masks. He systematized all these works and wrote a whole course on Commedia dell'arte, which he read in Cherkizovo and Moscow in various studios.
I would also like to mention that Mika loved French and French poetry and especially Moliere, whom he was very interested in. He also enjoyed studying music for some time, playing the piano. He had good hearing and a very flexible hand, he played very musically. I remember it now and seem to hear the sounds of Schubert's waltzes and excerpts from Mozart's Don Giovanni, which Mika loved to play. Schubert was his favorite composer. Unfortunately, he soon gave up these classes.
At the same time he a whole series led for years literary work. He wrote many stories, poems and plays. While working on the theater, he wrote a short play about Japanese life, O-Tao, which was published and performed. He played it himself main role. By this time, thanks to his in-depth studies English he systematically began teaching this language. His love and knowledge of theater naturally led him to study Shakespeare.
I stop here, because this is where independent scientific work my son. I just want to note that Mika, as a theater critic, was not a narrow Shakespeare scholar even in his youth. Possessing a broad outlook, he also showed a keen interest in Russian theater, in particular in its history and creativity outstanding masters Russian stage.
In my short essay During my son’s childhood and adolescence, I wanted to express something that always surprised me: how early his entire appearance and even his abilities became apparent. Especially characteristic feature he was always obsessed with the thought that given time he was captivated. However, he combined this with exceptional persistence in working on his hobby. To everything that was outside of this, he was inattentive and even absent-minded. All my life I remember him sitting at his desk and writing. I was always touched by his attitude towards work. He loved his job and was literally a hard worker who spared no effort. In his work he was strict, conscientious, never worked superficially, but always invested his whole soul and knowledge. He had a very large memory.
As for practical life, he often got lost in it and was even helpless. In life, in all his habits and surroundings, he was extremely simple and modest. He loved life, was a very cheerful and lively conversationalist, and knew how to talentedly imitate and portray those he was talking about. With great ease and grace in his movements he improvised ballet dancing, despite his large and heavy figure, which amused and made us laugh. He loved and read poetry very well. He especially loved to lecture and knew how to ignite and captivate his audience. He was a great success among young people.
This is how I remember Mika. I would like to think that this is how he will be remembered by those who met him in life and work.
M. K. Morozova
Here is a portrait of an adult Mika - Mikhail Mikhailovich Morozov
Hi all! At school we were given an assignment to write an essay for 4th grade based on a painting by V.A. Serov’s “Mika Morozov”, but I haven’t read it, I played it on a Sony PlayStation, and now I don’t know what to do. Help me find finished essay, otherwise it’s paid everywhere, but I need it tomorrow morning.
Answer:
An essay based on the painting by V. A. Serov “Mika Morozov”.
Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov, a famous Russian artist, received a good art education. Among his works you can find paintings of different genres. But the basis of his work was the portrait. Serov is considered a master of children's portraits, when the artist manages to achieve naturalness in the appearance of a child.
In the whole gallery famous portraits The painting “Mika Morozov” stands out. It depicts little boy, son of M. Morozov, a famous philanthropist in Russia. In the portrait, Mika Morozov is only four years old. He sits in a child's chair, holding the high armrests. The boy seemed to have just woken up. He is still wearing his nightgown. Soft, curly, messy hair frames her round face. The light skin of a child gives the impression of purity and childish purity. It is smooth and velvety. A light blush plays on the cheeks. Large, dark, like ripe cherries, eyes are wide open. They look with impatience and at the same time with delight at the artist, who forces them to sit in inaction, but performs some miraculous actions.
Mika Morozov is ready to take off and run. Immobility is very difficult for him. His hands squeeze the armrests of the chair as if the boy wants to push off with them so that his run will be faster. His whole posture expresses impatience, a desire to move, play, make noise. From children's plump lips Impatient words are ready to burst out of his half-open mouth: “When will I go play?” He sits on the edge of his chair. It seems that he deliberately sat down so that, as soon as permission follows, he can quickly run away to attend to his children’s business.
Mika somehow subtly resembles a bird, ready to take off and soar into the air at the slightest noise or movement. So the boy is about to jump out of his chair and rush off to the nursery, from where a sonorous child’s voice, cheerful laughter and chirping will soon be heard. But, obeying the adult will, the boy tries to remain motionless.
Painting by V.A. Serov’s “Mika Morozov” is built on contrast. Because of the lush curls, the head seems large compared to the boy’s puny body. A snow-white shirt contrasts with a dark chair, which is decorated with a colored patterned cape, and a gray wall. This dark background seems to highlight the childlike beauty and innocence of the little creature, so carefully observing the artist’s actions.
The portrait of Mika Morozov makes a strong impression on the viewer. I admire the skill of V.A. Serova. The hero of the picture evokes affection.
Description of appearance based on the painting by V. A. Serov “Mika Morozov”.
Created in 1901 wonderful child portrait Mika Morozov is one of the masterpieces in the work of Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov. The hero of the picture is the five-year-old son of a major industrialist and talented philanthropist M. A. Morozov, Mikhail, or Mika, as he was called in his home circle. The artist strives to reveal the complex inner world child, to convey the extraordinary liveliness of the nature of the person being portrayed. White his shirt symbolizes spiritual purity and freshness of worldview. A light blush on his cheeks, half-open lips, combined with a lively gaze, demonstrate Mika’s emotional impulse, his desire for to the outside world. Serov achieves the mobility of the portrait model due to the contrasting combination of vertically located uprights of the chair and the figure of the boy with the inclined lines of the armrests. The impressionistic manner in which the portrait of Mika Morozov was made allowed Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov to masterfully capture on canvas moments of a happy, cloudless childhood.
Serov created a smart, serious and truthful portrait of Mika Morozov. The child is sitting in a deep chair, which makes his figure seem even more fragile. The cold white tone of the suit emphasizes the warmth of a dark complexion, rosy cheeks, bright lips, and fluffy hair shimmering with bronze. The mouth is slightly open. Some thought is born in a child's head. In Mika’s entire appearance one can feel movement, excitement, impatience and curiosity. This condition is especially widely emphasized with open eyes, open to the world. The boy’s pose also expresses this internal energy: it seems that he is about to jump out of his chair, run, and we will hear his laughter, ringing like a bell. The colors that the artist uses express the mood of the picture and its soul, from the white tone of the boy’s suit, his golden-brown figure to the dark brown background.
The free composition of the painting made it possible for Serov to show a four-year-old child in motion, captured by the variability of impressions.