Ilya Repin
1844–1930 · Russian · 30 artworks
RealismRealist depictionPsychological portraitureSocial commentaryDynamic compositionDetailed brushwork
artist bio
Ilya Repin was a prominent Russian realist painter, considered one of the most important figures in Russian art. He captured the social and political realities of his time with remarkable skill and psychological depth, influencing generations of artists.
what you'll learn
Studying Repin's work helps students understand the principles of realism, portraiture, and narrative painting. Students can learn to analyze how artists use composition, color, and brushwork to convey emotion and social commentary.
related: Vasily Perov, Gustave Courbet
30 artworks
Portrait of Folk Story-teller V.P. Schegolenkov
1879
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Portrait of the Author Alexey Pisemsky
1880
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Portrait of the Composer Modest Musorgsky
1881
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Portrait of writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
1874
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Last Supper
1903
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Portrait of the writer Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
1896
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Summer day in Abramtsevo
1880
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Portrait of the pianist, conductor and composer Anton Grigorievich Rubinstein
1881
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Reading girl
1876
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Railway guard. Hotkovo.
1882
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Portrait of the painter Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky
1913
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Portrait of K.B. Boleslavova
1913
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Portrait of the historian and archaeologist Ivan Egorovich Zabelin
1877
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Portrait of lawyer Anatoly Fyodorovichm Koni
1898
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Portrait of Vasily Kirillovich Syutayev
1882
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The Revolutionary Meeting
1883
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Portrait of T.P. Chaplygin, a cousin of Ilya Repin
1877
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Academic keeper Efimov
1870
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Street in Tiflis
1881
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Portrait of Ivan Timofeevich Savenkov in his St. Petersburg university student
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Landscape near Chuguevo
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Portrait of composer and journalist Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg
1884
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Portrait of Alesha Repin (Age of Pushkin)
1916
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St. Nicholas Saves Three Innocents from Death
1888
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End of the Black Sea freedom
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A Shy Peasant
1877
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Portrait of Kryuchkov
1908
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Portrait of a Woman (E.D. Botkina)
1881
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Portrait of Maria Klopushina
1925
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Portrait of the Author Vladimir Korolemko
1912
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