Information AboutIlya Repin |
|
Ilyá Yefímovich Répin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин) () – September 29 1930 ) was a leading Russian Painter and Sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school. His Realist ic works often express scathing criticism of existing social order. Repin was born in Chuguev near Kharkov (now part of Ukraine ). His father was a military officer. In 1866 he went to Saint Petersburg and was admitted to the Imperial Academy Of Arts as a student. Repin sojourned in Italy and Paris on the Academy's allowance from 1873 to 1876. He painted a large number of peasants, fishwomen and scenes from merchant life. Repin joined the Association of Peredvizhniki Artists in 1878 . From 1882 he lived in Saint Petersburg but made frequent tours abroad. Inspired by Rembrandt 's portraits of old people, he painted many of his celebrated compatriots, including Leo Tolstoy , Dmitri Mendeleev , Pobedonostsev , and Mussorgsky . In 1903 he was commissioned by the Russian government to paint his most grandiose design, a 400 x 877 cm canvas representing a ceremonial session of the State Council . '' (1880-91)]] After 1917 October Revolution , his home Penaty, located to the north from Saint Petersburg, was incorporated into Finland . He was invited by Lenin to come back to Russia but was too old to make a journey. He died in Kuokkala, Finland (now Repino, Leningrad Oblast ) in 1930 . Repin's most famous paintings are '' Ivan The Terrible killing his son'' (1885), '' Burlak s on the Volga '' (1870-73), and '' The Reply Of The Zaporozhian Cossacks To Sultan Of Turkey '' (1880-91). Alexander Glazunov 's Oriental Rhapsody, Op. 29 (1889) is dedicated to Ilya Repin. Paintings Repin's paintings appear in the following Wikipedia articles: | ||
| Image:REPIN Ivan Terrible&Ivanjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Ivan_the_Terrible" class="copylinks">Ivan The Terrible and his son Ivan 1870 - 1873 |
|
| Image:burlaks On Volga By Repinjpg''Burlaks On | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Volga" class="copylinks">Volga '' , 1870-73 |
|
| Image:Sadkojpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Sadko" class="copylinks">Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom 1876 |
|
| Image:Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin 002jpgApples And Leaves | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1879" class="copylinks">1879 |
|
| Image:Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin 001jpgParty | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1883" class="copylinks">1883 |
|
| Image:GrandukesbridejpgGrand Duke Choosing His Bride | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1885" class="copylinks">1885 |
|
| Image:Ilya Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Portrait Of Leo Tolstoy (1887)jpgPortrait Of | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Leo_Tolstoy" class="copylinks">Leo Tolstoy 1887 |
|
| Image:Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin 005jpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/St_Nicholas" class="copylinks">St Nicholas of Myra in Lycia 1889 |
|
| Image:Medeleeff By RepinjpgPortrait Of | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Mendeleev" class="copylinks">Mendeleev |
|
| Image:Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin 004jpgPortrait Of | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Leo_Tolstoy" class="copylinks">Leo Tolstoy 1893 |
|
| Image:Zhirkiewicz1894jpgPortrait Of Writer Alexander Zhirkevich | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1894" class="copylinks">1894 |
|
| Image:Repin State CounciljpgCeremonial Session Of The State Council | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/1900" class="copylinks">1900 |
|
| Image:Mussorgsky By RepinjpgComposer | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Modest_Mussorgsky" class="copylinks">Modest Mussorgsky |
|
| Image:Rubinstein Repinjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Anton_Rubinstein" class="copylinks">Anton Rubinstein |
|
| Image:Vittejpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Sergius_Witte" class="copylinks">Sergius Witte (sketch) |
|
| Image:Pobedonostsev By Repinjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Konstantin_Pobedonostsev" class="copylinks">Konstantin Pobedonostsev (sketch) |
|
| Image:Repin Tretyakovjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Pavel_Mikhailovich_Tretyakov" class="copylinks">Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov |
|
| Image:Sofiarepinjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Sophia_Alekseyevna" class="copylinks">Sophia Alekseyevna |
|
| Image:Athanasefetjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Afanasy_Fet" class="copylinks">Afanasy Fet |
|
| Image:Stasov By Repinjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Vladimir_Stasov" class="copylinks">Vladimir Stasov |
|
| Image:Pisemskyjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Aleksey_Pisemsky" class="copylinks">Aleksey Pisemsky |
|
| Image:Pushkin Derzhavinjpg | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Pushkin" class="copylinks">Pushkin Reciting His Poem Before Old Derzhavin (1911) |
|
| Image:Repin 17Octoberjpg'' | "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/October_Manifesto" class="copylinks">17 October 1905 '', 1906 - 1911 |
|
|