Seraphima Blonskaya

In 1887 Blonskaya graduated with a golden medal from the Mariinskaya Gymnasium and entered the Art School of Mykola Burachek in Kiev that she finished in 1891. In 1892-1900, she studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. In 1900 Blonskaya was honored with the title of the artist for her degree work painting The Girls (Palm Sunday). In 1909 Blonskaya returned to Taganrog with her husband artist Leontovski, and in 1910 they founded an art school. In 1930s Seraphima Blonskaya worked at the art union Vsekohudozhnik, since 1944 - at the Taganrog department of the Art Fund of RSFSR. Most paintings of Blonskaya are exhibited at the Taganrog Museum of Art. Blonskaya died in Taganrog on August 9, 1947, and was buried at the Taganrog Old Cemetery. In 1990s one of the children's art schools in Taganrog was named after Blonskaya.

Seraphima Blonskaya studied at Mykola Murashko, Imperial Academy of Arts and Mariinskaya Gymnasium. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are graphics. Work by Seraphima Blonskaya is recorded in the collections of Taganrog Museum of Art.

• Name — Seraphima Blonskaya • Born — 3 October 1870 • Birthplace — Verkhnodniprovsk, Ukraine • Died — 9 August 1947 • Place of death — Taganrog, USSR • Field — Painting, Drawing • Movement — Realism • Training — Imperial Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg • Spouse — Alexander Leontovski