Иван Шрамко

1888 · Drawing · 30 × 21.7 cm

May one see it?

Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

Saint Petersburg, Russia

The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.

In the museum's own words — in Russian

Шрамко Иван Федорович — казак станицы Пашковская, участник русско-турецкой войны (1877–1878).

State Russian Museum

1887
Razvod s Veroy Alekseyevnoy
При разводе поделили детей: старшие остались у отца, младшие — у матери. Стасов беспокоился о душевном самочувствии друга.
1887
Garshin’s portrait at the 15th Wanderers’ exhibition
From their first meeting Repin wanted to paint the writer, struck by “Garshin’s eyes, full of serious bashfulness”; Garshin would enter the studio noiselessly, like a bodiless angel. Shown in 1887, the portrait split the reviewers — some thought Repin had painted Garshin mad, others had never seen finer eyes and a brighter brow; today it is in the United States, in the Metropolitan Museum.
1888
Second trip for the “Zaporozhians” — with his son Yuri
Eight years after the first trip Repin again set off for Little Russia, this time with his son Yuri, drawing everything the canvas might need — huts, utensils, costumes, weapons. He called his state “a creative binge” and the future characters “a merry folk”.
1890
Meets Natalia Nordman
He met Natalia Nordman (1863–1914), the daughter of an admiral, a writer, feminist and campaigner for better working conditions who advocated a simple life close to nature; she became his common-law wife.