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Ilya Repin (1844–1930), born in the territory of present-day Ukraine, occupies an important place in the realist painting of the Russian Empire. His pictures combine social observation, history and attention to individuals. Barge Haulers on the Volga, painted between 1870 and 1873, gives each worker a distinct presence within a collective scene. Zaporozhian Cossacks Writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan extends this construction of narrative through gestures and expressions.
A portraitist of Tolstoy and Mussorgsky, Repin was interested in cultural figures as well as popular life. His compositions reveal tensions between people and power without erasing individual stories. He settled in Kuokkala, in the Grand Duchy of Finland, in 1903 and remained after the border closed in 1918. His connections with Finland are documented in the Ateneum collection.
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Oil on canvas
D’après Ilya Repin — Les Cosaques zaporogues écrivant une lettre au sultan de Turquie
huile sur toile
D'apres
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
D'apres
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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