Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova / Зинаи́да Евге́ньевна Серебряко́ва was the first female Russian painter of distinction, as a master of portrait, genre scenes from the life of peasantry.
She was born near Kharkov into one of Russia's most refined and artistic families. In 1900 she entered the art school founded by Princess M. K. Tenisheva.
Serebriakova studied under Repin in 1901 and Braz between 1903-1905.