Ilya Repin
Russian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth (1844-1930)
- Fame66.8
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- Artists rank#79
- Fame66.8
- Momentum4.3
- Artists rank#79
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He painted the most searing images of 19th-century Russian life—barge haulers straining against ropes, a tsar murdering his son in rage—and then outlived the empire itself, marooned by borders in a Finnish dacha he could never leave.
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Repin was born in Chuguev in 1844, son of a former cavalry soldier turned horse trader, and started painting icons at sixteen. He failed his first try at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg but went anyway in 1863, audited classes, and won prizes by 1869. A tour along the Volga in 1872 yielded drawings that earned him a commission from Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich for Barge Haulers on the Volga, the canvas that made his name. He spent two years in Paris and Normandy absorbing Impressionist technique, then returned to produce Religious Procession in Kursk Province and a galler…
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- 伊利亚·列宾Low confidencewikipedia · zh.wikipedia.org
- Ilja RiepinLow confidencewikipedia · pl.wikipedia.org
- Репин, Илья ЕфимовичLow confidencewikipedia · ru.wikipedia.org
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