The painting is dedicated to the amazing woman Polixena Stepanovna Stasova. She was an active public figure. Fought for the rights of women and defended the need for their education. The artist […]

One of the most famous creations of I. E. Repin – painting “Barge Haulers on the Volga”. Before writing this canvas, the artist traveled first along the Neva and then along the […]

Ilya Repin, a world-famous Russian artist who does not require representation, was famous for his preparatory paintings, which testified to his particular approach to his beloved work. Even after the artist’s death, […]

The canvas “Beggar” came out from under the brush of the artist in 1874. The picture was painted by a young Repin in Vel, in France. Cultivologists of the whole world, the […]

“Denial of Confession” was inspired by a poem called “Last Confession” and was published in an underground magazine where Repin read it. After long and painful attempts to outline a composition, to […]

January 1815 In the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum pass the first exams, passing which the students could go to the next course. Everything happens in an atmosphere of solemnity, invited many guests. The […]

As the artist himself admits, a passing impression served as the vital material for this picture. One day, while in Penaty, in his estate, Repin saw how a young couple – a […]

1884, painted in oil on canvas. Dimensions: 88.9 by 69.2 cm. Located in the Metropolitan Museum (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York, USA. As a creator, Ilya Efimovich was inexhaustible and […]

The great artist Ilya Repin created his masterpiece The Last Supper in 1903. Now the picture is in the Novgorod State Museum. The work was canceled. This is one of the biblical […]

Repin was essentially a portrait painter. Single or group, strict or funny, they were equally good at this talented painter. Of course, more often we see it is the individual canvases that […]