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 his residence in …

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 art into the …

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

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 characterizes many people...

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 became known as …

Ilya Efimovich Repin (5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1844, Chuhuiv, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) - September 29, 1930, Kuokkala, Finland) was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the …

Repin was born in the Ukrainian town of Chuhuiv (Chuguev) when it was part of the Russian Empire. He went on to become a major progressive painter. In the early 1880s, he met Garshin, an acclaimed …

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

Ilya Yefimovich Repin was a Ukrainian-born Russian realist painter. He was one of the most renowned Russian artists of the 19th century, when his position in the world of art was comparable to...