Ilya RepinUkrainian, 1844–1930Портрет Сергея Витте
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Where is “Портрет Сергея Витте” now? Collection: State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Unknown.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in Russian
Витте Сергей Юльевич, граф (1849–1915) — член Государственного совета (с 1903), министр финансов (1893–1903), председатель Совета министров (1905–1906).
Этюд к картине " Торжественное заседание Государственного совета 7 мая 1901 года, в день столетнего юбилея со дня его учреждения "(1903).
State Russian Museum
Details
- Accession number
- Ж-4018
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- State Russian Museum
- Image: State Russian Museum — © State Russian Museum
In the life of Ilya Repin
The whole life1900–1930 · Residence
Repino
1900–1930
Wednesdays at Penaty: Chaliapin, Gorky, Mayakovsky
The estate was eccentric: a studio under a pyramidal lantern roof, a landscape garden with a “Pushkin alley”, a multicoloured Egyptian-style music kiosk and a telescope looking over the Gulf of Finland. Repin gave vegetarian breakfasts, a habit taken from Tolstoy, and lavish Wednesday receptions attended by Chaliapin, Gorky, Glazunov, Kuprin, Polenov, Brodsky, Fechin, Mayakovsky, Rozanov and Bekhterev.
1905
The 1905 revolution: “the year of disaster and shame”
The repression of the popular demonstrations before the Winter Palace in 1905 disillusioned Repin: he called it “the year of disaster and shame”, took part in protests against bloodshed, made sketches of troops firing on a peaceful demonstration, and resigned his teaching post at the Academy to concentrate on painting.
