CD Ilya Efimovich Repin

The ingenious Russian painter Ilya Efimovich Repin (1844–1930) is one of the few domestic artists who was awarded his lifetime glory. The work of the master is rightfully considered the pinnacle of realism in Russian art. In his canvases, he created a monumental heroic image of the Russian people.
All genres were subject to Repin (he did not write only battle scenes) and types of art: painting, sculpture, graphics. He created an artist and a wonderful school of painters, declared himself as a theorist of art and an outstanding writer.
The life and work of Repin are surrounded by myths and legends. He happened to survive the attempt on his favorite picture, to hear the promises of all kinds of benefits from both the king and the general secretary of the Soviet state.
The publication includes about 250 works of Ilya Efimovich Repin, an article on the biography and genres of painting, in which the master worked, as well as the main stages of his life and creativity