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| Ilya Repin in 1864 |
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844 – 1930) was a Russian realist painter. He was the most renowned Russian artist of the 19th century, when his position in the world of art was comparable to that of Leo Tolstoy in literature.
In 1863 Repin went to St. Petersburg Art Academy to study painting but had to enter Ivan Kramskoy preparatory school first. He met fellow artist Ivan Kramskoy (Kramskoy is also featured on this blog - see index) and the critic Vladimir Stasov during the 1860s, and his wife, Vera Shevtsova in 1872 (they remained married for ten years). In 1874–1876 he showed at the Salon in Paris and at the exhibitions of the Itinerants Society in Saint Petersburg. He was awarded the title of Academician in 1876.
In 1892 he published the "Letters on Art" collection of essays. He taught at the Higher Art School attached to the Academy of Arts from 1894. In 1898 he purchased an estate, Penaty (the Penates), in Kuokkala, Finland (now Repino, St. Petersburg.)
In 1901 he was awarded the Legion of Honour. In 1911 he travelled with his common-law wife Natalia Nordman to the World Exhibition in Italy, where his painting "Demonstration 17 October 1905" and his portraits were displayed in their own separate room.
For more detailed biographical notes on Repin, and for earlier works, see part 1 also.
This is part 2 of 9 on the works of Ilya Repin:
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| 1873 A Newspaper Seller in Paris oil on canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1873 A Young Officer oil on cardboard 21 x 35 cm Private Collection |
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| 1873 Barge Hauler oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm |
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| 1873 Portrait of the Art Critic Vladimir Stasov oil on canvas 78 x 63 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1873 Study of Men and Women oil on canvas 31 x 47 cm The State Russian Museum, St, Petersburg |
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| 1874 A Fisher Girl oil on canvas 74 x 50 cm Irkutsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts (Sukachev Museum), Irkutsk, Russia |
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| 1874 A Horse, Veules oil on canvas 28 x 44 cm Saratov State Art Museum, Russia |
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| 1874 Ballet Scene oil on cardboard 23 x 29 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1874 Lady in Black 42 x 28 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1874 Paris oil on canvas 24 x 32 cm Yyatka Art Museum, Russia |
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| 1874 Portrait of a Woman oil on canvas 53 x 44 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1874 Portrait of Vera Repina oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1874-76 Woman with a Dagger oil on canvas 80 x 64 cm Tula Regional Art Museum, Russia |
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| 1874-79 Portrait of E. G. Mamontova oil on canvas 73 x 59 cm Abramtsevo State Museum, Moscow |
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| 1875 A Parisian Café ( study ) oil on board 35.5 x 25.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1875 A Parisian Café oil on canvas 120.6 x 191.8 cm Private Collection |
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| 1875 Ballet Scene oil on cardboard 29 x 22 cm Private Collection |
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| 1875 Indian Beauty oil on canvas 54 x 46 cm Polenov Memorial Museum, Russia |
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| 1875 Jew Praying oil on canvas 80 x 64 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1875 Lady with a Chair oil on canvas 40 x 26 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1875 Landscape with a Boat oil on cardboard 22 x 28 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1875 Man with a Hat oil on cardboard 27 x 13 cm Kursk Deineka Picture Gallery, Russia |
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| 1875 Ukranian Girl oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1875 Viktor Vasnetsov oil on canvas 73 x 64 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1875-76 The Road to Montmartre, Paris oil on cardboard 24 x 32 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1876 A Bench in Krasnoye Selo oil on canvas 36 x 56 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1876 African Woman oil on canvas 115 x 92 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1876 Girl Reading oil on canvas 74 x 55 cm The State Museum of Fine Arts of Tatarstan Republic, Russia |
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| 1876 Parisian Scene oil on cardboard 27 x 22 cm Saratov State Art Museum, Russia |
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| 1876 Portrait of a Lady oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1876 Portrait of A.A. Shevtsov oil on canvas 71 x 57 cm Odessa Fine Art Museum, Ukraine |
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| 1876 Portrait of Artist Alexei Bogoliubov oil on canvas 117 x 90 cm Saratov State Art Museum, Russia |
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| 1876 Portrait of M.P. Shevtsova oil on canvas 59 x 49 cm Odessa Fine Art Museum, Ukraine |
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| 1876 Portrait of V. E. Repin, the Artist's Brother oil on canvas 70 x 56 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1876 Portrait of Vera Repina, the Artist's Wife oil on canvas 59 x 49 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1876 Sadko oil on canvas 323 x 230 cm Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1876 The Muddy Road oil on canvas 26 x 53 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1876 Ukranian Girl by a Fence oil on canvas National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk |
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| 1876 Vera Repina oil on canvas Brodsky House Museum, Russia |
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| 1876-77c Returning Home oil on canvas 84 x 124 cm Private Collection |
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| 1877 A Peasant with an Evil Eye oil on canvas 60 x 40 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1877 A Shy Peasant oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, Russia |
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| 1877 A Vision of Prophet Ezekiel watercolour 43 x 32 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1877 An Archdeacon oil on canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1877 At the Local Adminsitration oil on canvas 47 x 80 cm The State Russian Museum, St Petersburg |
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| 1877 Historian Ivan Zabelin oil on canvas 113 x 86 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1877 Portrait of Artist Arkhip Kuindzhi oil on canvas 146 x 105 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1877 Portrait of Artist Vasily Polenov oil on canvas 80 x 65 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1877 Portrait of Artist Nikolai Murashko grisaille 68 x 55 cm National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev |
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| 1877 Portrait of T.P. Chaplygin, the Artist's Cousin oil on canvas 63 x 50 cm Kharkov Museum of Art, Ukraine |
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| 1877 The Death of Fedor Chizhov oil on canvas 35 x 54 cm Arkhangelsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Russia |
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| 1877 The Religious Procession oil on canvas 37 x 70 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1878 Bouquet of Flowers oil on canvas 85 x 61 cm Abramtsevo State Museum, Russia |