Ilya Yefimovich Repin: A Russian Master Of Light & Life
Repin befriended all of the big names in Russian painting at the time and forged a close relationship with Leo Tolstoy.
Sadko
Throughout his life Repin had a thirst for knowledge and new techniques. He was obsessed with improving and creating paintings which sparkled with vibrant and palpable realism.
Rest
He worked slowly and thoroughly, sometimes making hundreds of preliminary sketches before putting paint to canvass. He was never really happy with his own works and would often make multiple versions of a single painting, sometimes years apart.
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (1891)
Repin was the first Russian painter to achieve critical acclaim in Europe and became the leader of a movement within Russian art called critical realism.
M. P. Musorgsky
Repin painted all the way up until his death in 1930 leaving hundreds of incredible paintings and sketches as his eternal legacy…
