Artist Ekaterina Serebryakova Dies in Paris

PARIS, 26 August 2014 – At the age of 102, artist Ekaterina Serebryakova has died in Paris.

Ekaterina Serebryakova was the daughter of the artist (and World of Art member) Zinaida Serebryakova.

She was born on 28 June 1913 in Tsarskoye Selo.

In 1928 Ekaterina moved to Paris, where she worked with her brother Alexander.

The artist made a huge contribution to preserving the legacy of Zinaida Serebryakova.

According to the French diplomat and translator Irène Zayonchek (Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour), Serebryakova’s work "opened 'new pages in the history of a unique family'.

'A remarkable person,' said Countess Colette Tolstoy, head of the "Friends of Leo Tolstoy" association, about Ekaterina Serebryakova.

'The world of Russian culture has suffered an irreparable loss,' said the Russian Ambassador to France, Alexander Orlov.

'Ekaterina Borisovna was a true master, a person of amazing spirit.' Serebryakova’s funeral, the embassy reported, will be held at the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.