20th-century Russian history: A master's course in photos May 31, 2008
Viewers were treated to a real feast, many of them seeing for the first time the younger generation of realist painters such as Ilya Repin, Ivan Kramskoy and Vasily Polenov who dominated the latter half of the nineteenth century. " /> Yevgeny Khaldei became famous with his photo, staged and altered, of a Red Army soldier at the Reichstag, on May 2, 1945. (Jewgeni Chaldej/Soyuz, Collection Volland-Krimmer) 20th-century Russian history: A master's course in photos Published: May 29, 2008 Text Size... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
An artist's film, and for once it's not dross Jan 18, 2008
For many of us, Renoir the son stands taller than Renoir the father, Sergei Eisenstein is the heir of Ilya Repin, and Jean Cocteau's Orphee is more precious than any of his sketches. The cryptic title of Schnabel's film is a simple metaphor: the diving bell is Bauby's paralysed body; the butterfly is his imagination, free to fly where it will. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Russia threatens academy's £1bn art show Dec 20, 2007
Manifesto of October 17 1905 by Ilya Repin (1911). Photograph: State Russian Museum, St Petersburg. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Russia bans landmark art to Britain Dec 20, 2007
The decision also means British art lovers will not see works from Russian artists such as Ilya Repin, who is revered in his homeland but less well known abroad. A spokeswoman for the British government said it "has not received any notification" on the Russian decision. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Russia's art safe for London show Oct 25, 2007
Ilya Repin's revolutionary painting will be among the exhibits ... Matisse's The Dance has never before been seen in the UK, while other works to be shown include Manifesto of October 17 by Ilya Repin and Portrait of Sergei Diaghilev by Leon Bakst, both Russian artists. (BBC News -- Europe)
Palace to house Rostropovich art Oct 2, 2007
He said the palace, which was recently restored, has top-flight security and physical conditions for preserving the collection's 450 pieces, which include porcelain and paintings by renowned artists such as Ilya Repin. However some members of the arts world were disappointed by the news. (BBC News -- Europe)
Rostropovich art collection to be displayed in St. Petersburg palace, says billionaire buyer Oct 2, 2007
But the head of the Kremlin's property department, Vladimir Kozhin, said the exhibit would be generally open to the public and that the recently restored palace offers top-flight security and physical conditions for preserving the collection's 450 pieces, which include porcelain and paintings by renowned artists such as Ilya Repin. Rostropovich, one of the world's most popular classical musicians, and his soprano wife Galina Vishnevskaya, assembled the collection in the decades after they... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Cellist's $48m art trove for mother Russia Sep 19, 2007
Described by Sotheby's as the greatest private collection of Russian art in the West, it includes 22 paintings by Ilya Repin - Russia's most famous portraitist - and Faces of Russia by Boris Grigoriev, showing a series of peasant faces - lurid, primitive and ghostly yellow - painted around 1918 and hailed as the most important painting from Russia since the Communist revolution. Telegraph, London. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Russia Reveals Rostropovich Art Deal Sep 18, 2007
The collection of some 450 pieces, including porcelain and works by renowned painters such as Ilya Repin, was expected to fetch $25-40 million and perhaps much more, given the current high level of interest in Russian art. But Sotheby's on Monday canceled the auction because the entire collection had been bought by Alisher Usmanov, who promised to bring the works back to Russia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Billionaire buys entire auction Sep 18, 2007
He and his wife amassed one of the world's finest private collections of Russian art, including glassware, porcelain and works by leading painters such as Ilya Repin and Boris Grigoriev. Mr Usmanov, one of Russia's richest men, is estimated to be worth $5. (BBC News -- Europe)
Oligarch buys Rostropovich works Sep 18, 2007
The most obvious place would be Moscow's Tretyakov gallery, which has works by Ilya Repin and Alexander Ivanov, who feature in the Rostropovich collection, though a new gallery may be created in Moscow as a memorial to the exiled musician. The stars. (Guardian Unlimited)
Rostropovich Art Fetches More Than $40M Sep 17, 2007
The couple amassed one of the world's finest private collections of Russian art, including glassware, porcelain and works by leading painters such as Ilya Repin and Boris Grigoriev. In a statement, Vishnevskaya's family said they were delighted the collection had been bought whole. (Newsmax)
Rostropovich art hits high note at auction house Sep 7, 2007
They included paintings by Ilya Repin - Russia's most famous portraitist - and by Boris Grigoriev, who fled the country after the revolution and whose canvases are characterised by a brilliant, lurid realism. The collection is due to go on sale at Sotheby's in London on September 18-19, in one of the biggest auctions ever of Russian art. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Paintings of Ilya Repin Aug 19, 2007
Ilya Repin made social commentaries through his paintings that describe Russia as it was during his lifetime ... Ilya Repin was one of the most important painters of his time ... Paintings by Ilya Repin They Did Not Expect Him (1883 1884). (Suite101.com)
Rethinking Russian Art Jan 9, 2006
The exhibit is filled with works by artists whose names you probably don't know--Alexei Venetsianov, Ilya Repin, Natalia Goncharova ... Artist Ilya Repin really came upon this scene. (CBS News)
