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Original Painting |
Repin, Ilya (1844-1930)
On the Turf Bench. 1876
Oil on Canvas,
The State Russian Museum,
Original: 36 x 55,5 cm
The copying
was started
on 1 November 2003
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Ilya Efimovich Repin was born in 1844
in Ukraine. When 14-years old artists left the Academy having refused to
use mythological subjects for their diploma works. They stood on the
point that art should be close to real life. Later
Repin would be
closely connected with some of them, the members of the Society of
Peredvizhniky (Wanderers). For his diploma work
Raising of Jairus' Daughter (1871)
Repin was awarded The Major Gold Medal
and received a scholarship for studies abroad. Barge Haulers on the
Volga (1870-1873) was the first considerable work painted by
Repin after
graduation. It immediately won recognition. During 10-12 years
Repin created the majority of his famous paintings. In 1877,
he started to paint religious processions Krestny Khod (Religious
Procession) in Kursk Gubernia (1880-1883).
Repin is the author of many portraits, which are an essential
part of his artistic heritage.
Repin never painted faces; he painted real people, managing
to show his models in their natural state, to reveal their way of
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