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1873

“Barge Haulers on the Volga” at the Vienna World Exhibition

Shown at the Vienna International Exposition, “Barge Haulers on the Volga” brought Repin his first international attention, and the Academy’s grant allowed him a long journey — through Austria and Italy to Paris.

April 1873 – 1876

Pensionerskaya poyezdka: Vena, Italy, Paris

Посетив Вену, Венецию, Флоренцию, Рим и Неаполь, осел на год в Париже (мастерская на Rue Véron). К концу поездки начал признавать импрессионистов, выделяя Мане; под его влиянием написано «Парижское кафе».

April 1874

Paris: the first Impressionist exhibition

Repin was in Paris in April 1874, when the First Impressionist Exhibition was held. In a letter to Stasov in 1875 he wrote of the “liberty of the impressionalists” — Manet, Monet and the others — and their “infantile truthfulness”: he admired their treatment of light and colour but felt their work lacked moral or social purpose.

1876

Zvaniye akademika za «Sadko»

Написанный в Париже «Садко» принёс звание академика — и ядовитые рецензии: «Ах, смотрите, maman, человек в аквариуме!»

1877–1882

Savva Mamontov’s circle at Abramtsevo

In Moscow Repin frequented the art circle of Savva Mamontov at his estate Abramtsevo near Moscow, where he met many of the leading painters of the day — Vasily Polenov, Valentin Serov, Mikhail Vrubel.

February 1878

Prinyat v Tovarishchestvo peredvizhnikov

Ради Репина пренебрегли правилами «экспонентского стажа». Крамской: «Знаете ли вы, какое хорошее слово вы написали: „Я ваш“».