Gallery of the Masters 
Ilya Efimovich Repin
1844-1930 Ukraine-Russia/Realism
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Brief Biography-Ilya Efimovich Repin was from Chuguev in Ukraine. He was known as one of the leading Russian artists of his time. Ivan Kramskoiand the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions, the group of realist artists, influenced him; one other artist was Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky. His first major recognised work was Barge Haulers on the Volga. After that, he travelled to Italy and France and settled in Moscow, where he became renowned for his portraiture. The author Leo Tolstoy highly praised his work. His last years were in Finland, where he died in 1930. |
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barge haulers on
the volga
countess natalia
golovina
demonstration on
october Seventeen
ivan the terrible
and his son ivan
mikhail ivanovich
glinka
portrait of
e zabelin
portrait of
s i menter
religious procession
in kursk province
reply of the
zaporozhian cossacks
sadko
unexpected visitors
what freedom
a fisher girl
a shy peasant
ceremonial meeting
of the state council
choosing a bride
for a grand duke
composer cesar
antonovich cui
emperors alexander i
and napoleon
eugene onegin and
lensky's duel
portrait
of a boy
portrait of an
archdeacon
portrait of dmitry
mendeleev
raising of jairu's
daughter
saint nicholas saves
three innocents
self portrait
self portrait with
natalia nordman
send off
of recruit
speech of his
imperial majesty
state
council hall
the artist's
wife
the model
to his homeland the
hero of the last war
vladimir vasilievich
stasov
warrior seventeenth
century
Vanya Mendeleyev
