Ilya Repin was one of the greatest Realist painters of the Russian Empire. Born in present-day Ukraine, he traveled extensively, observing people and personalities. Although he was mostly known as ...

TASS/. Specialists of Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery are engaged in restoration works to reanimate Russian painter Ilya Repin’s vandalized Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November ...

Is there something more iconic for Paris than its bistros? Let’s have a closer look at the artistic representations of bistros, characteristic French pubs, restaurants, or better “cafés,” as ...

After graduating from the Art School of Kazan in 1900, Fechin went to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg under Ilya Repin, a leading artist of the Russian Realist movement. During ...

On December 16, with its second major auction in the category this year, Heritage Auctions has proved itself an international leader in Russian decorative arts with its stunning Imperial Fabergé. Do ...