
Ilya RepinUkrainian, 1844–1930May one see it?
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.
1891
Leaves the Wanderers
In 1891 he resigned from the Wanderers in protest against a new statute restricting the rights of young artists; he had already left the board in 1887, and he rejoined the society only in the late 1890s.
1894
Rukovoditel masterskoy Akademii khudozhestv
Профессор живописи вернулся в Академию педагогом. «Репин был плохим педагогом, но великим учителем» (Грабарь). Ученики: Малявин, Кустодиев, Билибин, Фешин, Остроумова-Лебедева.
1894–1895
Friendship with Alexandre Benois; plans for a new association
After meeting Alexandre Benois, Repin drew closer to the World of Art circle: in 1894–95 the artists visited one another and discussed plans for a new association of painters.