Ilya Repin. Great realist of Russian painting

Ilya Efimovich Repin (1844-1930), without exaggeration, can be called the main artist of all Russian painting of the second half of the XIX - early XX century. In the work of this outstanding master, a kind of picturesque "encyclopedia of Russian life" embodied: his brushes are subject to paintings on the most relevant topics of that time, historical canvases, lyrical landscapes and expressive portraits of contemporaries. The album talks about the life and work of Repin, introduces both the famous, textbook works, and with the paintings and graphic works, which are notorious to the general public, revealing all the facets of the talent of this great artist.
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