The new Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, sent a delegation of Soviet artists, including a former student of Repin, Isaak Brodsky, to persuade Repin to return to St. Petersburg, and to give up …

Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Ukrainian-born Russian painter of historical subjects known for their power and drama.

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. He played a major role in bringing Russian …

Jan 3, 2025 · Ilya Repin was a prolific history painter, vegan activist, teacher, and artist deeply proud of his Ukrainian heritage.

Instead, Repin chose "the truth of life" as his primary theme and sought to include social commentary in his works. Barge Haulers became a metaphor for the hard lot that …

The greatest Russian painter of the nineteenth century and the pre-Revolution years, Ilya Repin (1844-1930) painted religious allegories, scenes of searing realism, and portraits of the …

Repin was the leading artist in the Russian Realist movement in the late 19th century. He was born in the Ukraine, and started as an icon painter. From 1864 to 1873 he studied at the …

'Barge Haulers on the Volga won continental fame when it was shown at the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873, while the Imperial Academy of Arts awarded Repin the Vigee-Lebrun Medal for...

Repin's paintings are powerfully drawn, with not a little imagination and with strong dramatic force and characterization. A brilliant colourist, and a portrait-painter of the first rank, he also …

Repin was the most influential Russian realist painter of the 19th century, embraced internationally, and by the pre and post Russian Revolution rulers.