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Interview with

Serge Di* onoff

It is always a great pleasure to have an interview with someone like you, a great paint-

er. Serge Diakonoff is well known for painting, collage and sculpture.

Q. At what age did you score of 7 for drawing although the to study at the University of Geneva.
start drawing? top mark in Geneva was 6. Drawing He was from a noble family which was
When I was very young at around remains my favourite technique to close to the family of Morozov, a well-
four years old. Then I lived with my this day. known philanthropist and collector.
parents in Geneva and we often went Due to the October Revolution he was
to the lake where there were birds, Q. Why did your father unable to return to Russia so he ended
ducks and swans. When I got home I move to Geneva? by staying in Geneva. Before I was
painted ducks and other birds which My father was a chemical engineer. Be- born my father worked in Africa and
I had seen. At school I received a fore the revolution in Russia he came Venezuela as an engineer chemist.

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