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Signature. Ilya Yefimovich Repin [a] (5 August [ O.S. 24 July] 1844 – 29 September 1930) was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter. [1] [4] [5] [6] [b] He became one of the most renowned artists in Russia in the 19th century. His major works include Barge Haulers on the Volga (1873), Religious Procession in Kursk Province (1880–1883), Ivan the ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Peredvizhniki. Ilya Yefimovich Repin (born August 5 [July 24, Old Style], 1844, Chuguyev, Russia [now Chuhuyiv, Ukraine]—died September 29, 1930, Kuokkala, Finland) was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter of historical subjects known for the power and drama of his works. Repin was born to a poor family near Kharkov, Russia (now Kharkiv, Ukraine).
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Repin lived and worked in Paris for two further years, returning to Russia in July 1876. It was also in 1874 that Repin earned the full status of Academician, at the age of 22. It was also around this time that 14 young artists left the Academy to form the Society of Peredvizhniki , or Wanderers, which Repin joined in 1878.
- Russian
- July 24, 1844
- Chuhuiv, Russian Empire
- September 29, 1930
- Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870-73) This was the first major painting that brought Ilya Repin (1844-1930) major success. The idea for the painting came to him when he was a student at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.
- Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom (1876) After graduating from the Academy of Arts, Repin embarked on extensive travels abroad. In 1873, he set off for Italy and lived in Rome.
- Religious Procession in Kursk Province (1883) Repin once again provides criticism of social inequality in this work. The painting amazes the viewer with its wide variety of different people—from more than 70 characters emerges a cohesive picture of the life of the people.
- Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan, 16 November 1581 (1883-85) It is believed that Repin intended this painting to parallel the tragic events of 1881—namely the assassination of Tsar Alexander II and the execution of members of the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) revolutionary organization.
Moscow, 1937, vol. 1, p. 274 n. 2, vol. 2, pp. 46–47, 236–37 n. 87, pp. 273, 303, ill. between pp. 32–33, refers to a letter of August 10, 1884 in which Garshin states that Repin is about to finish a portrait of him [Ref. Garshin 1884]; comments that this portrait required many sittings; notes that it was listed in the collection of ...
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1844 – 29 September 1930) was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russia in the 19th century. His major works include Barge Haulers on the Volga (1873), Religious Procession in Kursk Province (1880–1883), Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan (1885); and ...
Mar 10, 2012 · Published: March 10, 2012. Ilya Yefimovich Repin is “widely, and rightly, acknowledged as the preeminent exponent of critical realism in nineteenth-century Russian art” and was often styled under the Soviet regime as an “ethical painter.”. Others have called him a “pivotal figure in…Russian realism,” and during his lifetime, Repin ...
