1844-1930 After training with a provincial icon painter and at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, he visited France and Italy on an academy scholarship. On his return he began painting subjects from Russian history. In 1873 he achieved international fame with Volga Boatmen, a grim, powerful image that became the model for Soviet Socialist Realism. Among his best-known works is Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan (1895), depicting Ivan's murder of his son. He also painted vigorous portraits (including Leo Tolstoy and Modest Mussorgsky). In 1894 he became professor of historical painting at the St. Petersburg Academy.   Related Paintings of Ilya Yefimovich Repin :. | A peasant with an evil eye | Soldier's Tale | Portrait of actress Maria Fyodorovna Andreyeva | Portrait of Lydia Kuznetsova | Obruchev |
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Edward Ashton Goodes
b.1832 d.1910
broderna von wrights
Dessa ornitologer, forskare, naturvetenskapliga illustratörer och konstnärer var födda i Haminanlaks nära Kuopio i Finland. I Stockholm i augusti 1828 påbörjade Magnus och Wilhelm von Wright bildverket Svenska Foglar, finansierat av greve Nils Bonde. Detta ornitologiska verk blev klart 1838 och ar en en samling pa178 litografier.
Galizia,Fede
Fede Galizia (1578 - 1630) was an Italian Renaissance painter, a pioneer of the still life genre.