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Encyclopedia > Ilya Yefimovich Repin

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Ilyá Yefímovich Répin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин) (August 5, 1844 (Julian calendar: July 24) – September 29, 1930) was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school. His realistic works often express scathing criticism of existing social order. Download high resolution version (560x700, 51 KB)Repins self-portrait from Eo Wiki. ... Download high resolution version (560x700, 51 KB)Repins self-portrait from Eo Wiki. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and took force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... Peredvizhniki (Передвижники, in Russian) - the Russian artists-realists entering into Company of mobile art exhibitions (1870-1923). ... Realism is commonly defined as a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary. ...


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. Chuhuyiv (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. ... Kharkov (rus: Ха́рьков) or Kharkiv (ukr: Ха́рків) is the second largest city in Ukraine, a center of Kharkivska oblast. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has a population of two million. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... The edifice for the academy was built in 1764-89 to a design by Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe and Alexander F. Kokorinov. ... , The Eiffel Tower, the tallest structure in Paris, is an international symbol of the city. ...

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. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rembrandt This article is about the Dutch painter. ... Leo Tolstoy, pictured late in life Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (help· info) (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й; commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910, N.S.; August 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910, O.S.) was a Russian novelist, social reformer, pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, moral thinker and... Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleev by Ilya Repin Dmitri Mendeleev (Russian: , Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleyev (help· info)) (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1834 in Tobolsk – 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1907 in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian chemist. ... Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev (Константин Иванович Победоносцев in Russian) (1827 - 1907) was a Russian jurist, statesman, and thinker. ... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский) (March 21, 1839 – March 28, 1881; sometimes spelt Modeste Moussorgsky), was an innovative Russian composer famed for his colourful, exotic, and lush orchestral pieces dedicated to various subjects of medieval Russian history. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The State Council (Государственный Совет) was the supreme state advisory body to Tsar in Imperial Russia. ...

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. The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey (1880-91). ... The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey (1880-91). ... Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey is a famous painting by the Russian artist Ilya Repin. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ... Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , tr. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...


Repin's most famous paintings are Ivan the Terrible killing his son (1885), Burlaks on the Volga (1870-73), and The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey (1880-91). Ivan IV (August 25, 1530–March 18, 1584) was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of tsar. ... A burlak (Russian: ) was a barge hauler. ... For other meanings of the word Volga see Volga (disambiguation) Волга Length 3,690 km Elevation of the source 225 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 1. ... Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey is a famous painting by the Russian artist Ilya Repin. ...


Alexander Glazunov's Oriental Rhapsody, Op. 29 (1889) is dedicated to Ilya Repin. Alexander Konstantinovich Glazounov (or Glazunov or Glazunow) (August 10, 1865 – March 21, 1936) was a Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher. ...


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Ilya Yefimovich Repin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (326 words)
Repin was born in Chuguev near Kharkov (now part of Ukraine).
Repin sojourned in Italy and Paris on the Academy's allowance from 1873 to 1876.
Repin's most famous paintings are Ivan the Terrible killing his son (1885), Burlaks on the Volga (1870-73), and The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey (1880-91).
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1351 words)
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844-1930), was a Russian painter, born in Chuguyev (Ukraine) and grew up with a Cossack heritage.
Ilya Repin: Portrait of the Soviet painter, V.A. Serov.
Painting "Belorusian" by I.Y. Repin, and House-Museum of the painter in the village Zdravnevo, Vitebsk region.
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