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Elias Repin Master Painter From Ukraine by Andrew Gregorovich Zaporozhian Cossacks of Ukraine Writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan. Oil painting by Elias Repin, 1878-91. 6'8 x 11'9 . Elias (Illya) Repin was born in the Ukrainian town of Chuhuyev, Kharkiv region on August 4, 1844. His father Yukhim, was a military colonist who farmed but was liable at all times for military duty. At the time of ...

This site was designed to present the developments in Russian painting from its beginnings to the twentieth century. It includes background information and biographies of selected painters, as well as descriptions of important paintings, schools, and art movements.

Repin, Shiskin and Kramskoi S t e v e n L e v i n ot long ago I had the opportunity to visit St. Petersburg, Russia, to see some of the less accessible treasures of 19th Century painting. These Russian works are very much a part of the traditions and achievements of that very fertile artistic period in Western art. The Hermitage Museum on the banks of the Neva River in Petersburg houses a vast ...

Repin's Cossaks By Michael Canale, February 2001 Elias Repin is a Ukrainian artist who has captured a historical moment on canvas that has transcended time. The title of the work is Zaporozhian Cossacks of Ukraine Writing a Letter in Reply to the Sultan of Turkey and is regarded as his greatest work. The painting is in the St. Petersburg Art Gallery in Russia (1, Gregorovich). The power of the ...