
Ilya RepinUkrainian, 1844–1930May one see it?
Moscow, Russia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
autumn 1882
Vozvrashcheniye v Peterburg
38-летний художник вернулся из Москвы с набросками «Запорожцев», «Ареста пропагандиста», «Ивана Грозного» и сотнями этюдов.
1887
Razvod s Veroy Alekseyevnoy
При разводе поделили детей: старшие остались у отца, младшие — у матери. Стасов беспокоился о душевном самочувствии друга.
1890
Meets Natalia Nordman
He met Natalia Nordman (1863–1914), the daughter of an admiral, a writer, feminist and campaigner for better working conditions who advocated a simple life close to nature; she became his common-law wife.
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.
1899
Buys land at Kuokkala and builds “Penaty”
In 1899 Repin bought land near the village of Kuokkala, forty kilometres north of St Petersburg, and with Natalia Nordman built the Penaty estate, which became his home for thirty years. At first it was only a summer house; after he left the Academy in 1907 it became his permanent home and studio.
1900–1930 · Residence
Repino