
Ilya RepinUkrainian, 1844–1930May one see it?
Kazan, Russia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
Поколенный, 3/4 вправо. В кресле сидит девушка с распущенными русыми волосами. В руках у нее белые листы.
Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts
1863–1871 · Education
Imperial Academy of Arts
1863–1871
Kramskoi — mentor — and the artists’ artel
Repin regarded Ivan Kramskoi as his direct mentor: he was at home in the artists’ artel Kramskoi founded, showed him his student sketches and listened to his advice. After Kramskoi’s death he wrote recollections in which he called him his teacher.
1869
Znakomstvo s Vladimirom Stasovym
Художественный критик на многие годы вошёл в «ближний круг» Репина.
summer 1870
Poyezdka na Volgu
С братом и художниками Фёдором Васильевым и Евгением Макаровым — этюды и типажи для «Бурлаков»; там встретил бурлака Канина, героя первой тройки.
1872
Tretyakov comes to Repin’s studio
Hearing of the material brought back from the Volga, Pavel Tretyakov came to the St Petersburg studio himself, studied the sketches on the walls for a long time and chose two — the portraits of a watchman and a pedlar — halving the price. Later, in Moscow, the business relationship grew into friendship: they exchanged notes, argued and suggested ideas to one another.
23 February 1872
Venchaniye s Veroy Shevtsovoy
Вместо свадебного путешествия — деловые поездки: Москва на открытие «Славянского базара», затем этюды в Нижнем Новгороде. Брак продлился пятнадцать лет, родилось четверо детей.