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| 1901 Ilya Repin by Valentin Serov watercolour and gouache on paper Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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 see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1-5 also.
This is part 6 of 9 on the works of Ilya Repin:
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| 1891 Leo Tolstoy at Work graphite 32 x 23 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1891 Leo Tolstoy Barefoot (Study) oil on cardboard 23 x 14 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1901 Leo Tolstoy Barefoot oil on canvas The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1891 Leo Tolstoy in His Study oil on canvas State Literary Museum, Moscow |
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| 1891 Leo Tolstoy in the Forest oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1891 Leo Tolstoy Reading graphite 24 x 33 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1891 Leo Tolstoy studies charcoal Private Collection |
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| 1891 Portrait of actress Eleonora Duse charcoal 108 x 139 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1891 Portrait of E.D. Batasheva charcoal 43 x 32 cm Abramtsevo State Museum, Moscow |
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| 1891 Portrait of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov oil on canvas 93 x 76 cm Tretyakov,Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1891 Portrait of Lawyer Vladimir Spasovitch oil on canvas 94 x 76 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1892 A Belarusian Man, aka Sidor Shavrov oil on canvas 102 x 71 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1892 Autumn Bouquet, Portrait of Vera Repina oil on canvas 111 x 65 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1892 Portrait of Ivan Tarkhanov oil on canvas 116 x 93 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1892-97c The Haymaker oil on canvas Yaroslavl Arts Museum, Russia |
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| 1893 Portrait of Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov oil on canvas 125 x 89 cm The State Russian Museum, St Petersburg |
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| 1893 Portrait of Sculptor E.P. Tarkhanova-Antokolskaya pastel 85 x 67 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1893 Portrait of T.L.Tolstaya oil on canvas 138 x 76 cm Leo Tolstoy Museum Estate, Yasnaya Polyana, Russia |
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| 1894 Beggars oil on canvas 51 x 111 cm Odessa Fine Art Museum, Ukraine |
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| 1894 Christ with a Bowl oil on zinc 101 x 62 cm Vitebsk Art Museum, Belarus |
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| 1894 Follow Me, Satan oil on canvas 43 x75 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1894 Kuzma Minin oil on canvas 54 x 102 cm Astrakhan State Picture Gallery, Russia |
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| 1894 Portrait of a Neapolitan Girl oil on canvas 78 x 51 cm Private Collection |
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| 1894 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 90 x 63 cm Leo Tolstoi Museum Estate, Yasnaya Polyana, Russia |
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| 1894 The Wedding of Nicholas II and Princess Alexandra oil on canvas 98 x 125 cm The Sate Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1891c Follow Me, Satan oil on cardboard 21 x 40 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| 1895 Follow Me, Satan oil on canvas 45 x 61 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1901-03 Follow Me, Satan oil on canvas 71 x 90 cm Krasnodar Art Museum, Russia |
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| 1895 In the Cottage oil on canvas 41 x 57 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1895 Portrait of Actor Grigory Ghe oil on canvas 77 x 97 cm Nizhny Tagil Fine Arts Museum, Russia |
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| 1895 Portrait of Cello Player Alexander Verzhbilovich oil on canvas 87 x 58 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1895 Portrait of Emperor Nicholas II oil on canvas 297 x 177 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1895 Portrait of L.P. Steingel oil on canvas 205 x 114 cm National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk |
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| 1895 Portrait of Vladimir Stasov pen and ink 50 x 33 cm Private Collection |
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| 1896 Emperor Nicholas II on the Porch oil on canvas State Historical Museum, Moscow |
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| 1896 Moonlit Night oil on canvas 143 x 90 cm National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus |
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| 1896 Portrait of Countess M.K. Tenisheva oil on canvas Brodsky House Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1896 Portrait of Countess Natalia Golovina oil on canvas 90 x 59 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1896 Portrait of Maria Tenisheva oil on canvas Smolensk State Museum-Preserve, Russia |
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| 1896 Portrait of Nadezhda Repina, the Artist's Daughter watercolour 45 x 29 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1896 Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II oil on canvas 210 x 107 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1896 Portrait of Tsar Nicholas II oil on canvas 251 x 160 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1896 Portrait of Writer Aleksey Tolstoy oil on canvas 84 x 70 cm State Literary Museum, Moscow |
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| 1896 The Last Supper oil on canvas 56 x 72 cm Ivanovo Arts Museum, Russia |
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| 1896 The Virgin and Child oil on zinc 101 x 62 cm Vitebsk Art Museum, Belarus |
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| 1896 Young Ladies Walk among a Herd of Cows oil on board 74 x 35 cm Kiev National Museum of Russian Art, Ukraine |
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| 1896-97 Emperor Nicholas II receiving rural district elders in the yard of Petrovsky Palace in Moscow watercolour Private Collection |
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| 1896-97 Portrait of Painter Dmitry Kardovsky oil on canvas 79 x 71 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1897 Maria Tenisheva at Work oil on canvas 11 x 65 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1897 Portrait of N.N. Venzel oil on canvas 29 x 20 cm Private Collection |
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| 1897 The Duel oil on canvas 52 x 104 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1898 Ada pencil 18 x 11 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1898 At the Dacha oil on canvas 64 x 106 cm The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg |
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| 1898 Portrait of lawyer Anatoly Fyodorovich Koni oil on canvas 65 x 49 cm Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |
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| 1898 Portrait of Olga Tevyashova oil on canvas 71 x 58 cm National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan |