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Ilya Repin
REPIN portret REPIN.jpg
Self-portrait, 1878
Nationality Russian
Known for Painting

Ilya Yefimovich Repin (Russian: Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин, 5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1844 – 29 September 1930) was an important Russian painter and sculptor.

Biography

Repin was born in a village near Kharkov, Russian Empire (now part of Ukraine). He came from a poor family. Repin first learned to paint from an icon painter. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg. Later he became a professor of painting at the same academy. He is best known for his paintings of scenes from Russian history and his portraits.

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  • Ilia Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Volga Boatmen (1870-1873)

    Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870–1873; Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg)

  • Procesión de Pascua en la región de Kursk, por Iliá Repin

    Religious Procession in Kursk Province (1880–1883; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)

  • RepinSelfPortrait

    Self-portrait (1887)

  • Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin - Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks - Yorck

    Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV (1891)

  • Self portrait with Nordman by Repin

    Self-portrait with Natalia Nordman (1903). Ateneum, Helsinki

  • Repin 17October

    Demonstration on October 17, 1905 (1906–1911)

  • Alexander Kerensky by I.Repin (1917)

    Portrait of Alexander Kerensky (1917)

  • Repino

    The Penates, the Repin House-Museum in Kuokkala, now Repino, Saint Petersburg

  • Ukrainian house painting by Repin

    Ukrainian peasant house (1880; Kyiv National Art Gallery)

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