llya Repin: 285+ Realist Paintings - Russian Realism

ILYA REPIN Art Book contains 285+ HD Reproductions of portraits, landscapes, religious and genre scenes with annotations and interesting facts page below.

BORN: August 5, 1844 in Chuguyev, Russian Empire.
DIED: September 29, 1930 in Kuokkala, Finland.

MOVEMENT: Realist

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ In 1866, Repin first studied with local icon painter Bunakov. He then studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
§ In 1871, Repin graduated. He was awarded a golden medal and the right to study in Europe at the expense of the Academy for his painting "Resurrection of Jair's Daughter".
§ From 1873-76, Repin traveled to Italy and Paris at the Academy’s expense. His exposure to the French Impressionists had a lasting effect on his use of color and light. Repin painted "Sadko" and became an academician of the Academy of Fine Arts for his work on this picture.
§ In 1874, Repin became a member of "The Itinerants", the Russian realist art group.
§ In 1878, Repin joined the “Association of Peredvizhniki Artists”. A free-thinking group that rebelled against the academic formalism of the Imperial Academy.
§ In 1882, the Repins moved to St. Petersburg. There Repin entered "The Itinerants" exhibition with his historical painting "Ivan the Terrible Killing His Son", painted in 1885.
§ In 1901, Repin worked on a picture commissioned by the government "Ceremonial Session of the State Council 1900".
§ In 1920, Finnish artists accepted Repin as an honorary member of the Finnish Artists Society. Ten years later, Repin died on September 29, 1930.
§ Repin is rated in the number one category of most famous artists of all time according to the “United Artists Rating”.