In 1880, Repin began writing The Arrest of the Propaganda. He worked on it for a long time, until 1892. Great effort cost the artist to work on a central

The painting was commissioned by Repin for the 100th anniversary of the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo on the initiative of the Lyceum Society. According to the memoirs of contemporaries,

The model was Sophia Alekseevna Repin, the sister of the artist’s wife. According to the memoirs of L. A. Shevtsova-Spore, the nieces of V. A. Repina, I. Ye. Repin, first

This painting by Repin is one of the most famous canvases of the artist and has the name “Peasant of timid”. This portrait is the most reliable example of the

The lithograph from the picture was published in 1887 by A. A. Ilin’s cartographic establishment. The publication caused displeasure of the Tolstoy family, who considered it undesirable “to spread the

The son and daughter of the artist are depicted in the high waves of the surf. As if past, not yet crucified souls – the personification of youth – are

Ilya Efimovich Repin was still a promising student of Ivan Nikolaevich Kramsky, when his future wife had already posed for him for paintings, drawings and sketches. Vera Alekseevna Shevtsova, the

In the 1880s-1890s, E. V. Pavlov was a frequent visitor to the Repin house. Under his medical supervision was the wife of the artist Vera Alekseevna. Repin’s daughter Nadia had

Confessing in actions, not considering their sins, the revolutionary refuses, so you can briefly describe the plot of the canvas of the great painter. Only two people are depicted in

The painting “Sadko” Repin wrote in 1876, while in Paris. But in France, Russian folk motifs of the canvas were not appreciated. But in the homeland of the artist his

Pictures of Ilya Repin have their own amazing story. The artist carefully prepared the sketches and sketches for the paintings, so sometimes it took more than one year to work