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Repin Ilya Yefimovich
(1844–1930)
Ilya Yefimovich Repin was a leading Russian painter and sculptor of the Peredvizhniki artistic school. His realistic works often express scathing criticism of existing social order.
Repin was born in Chuguev near Kharkiv (Ukraine). His father was a military officer. In 1866 he went to Saint Petersburg and was admitted to the Imperial Academy of... More...
Russia, 2010, Monument «Millenium of Russia»