1844, Chuguyev (Kharkiv Province) - 1930, Kuokkala (Finland)
On a Turf Bench
1876
- Period Late 19th century
- CategoryGenre Painting
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Ilya Repin created a series of fine Impressionist canvases, including the pearl of Russian Impressionist painting "On a Turf Bench". His genre canvases are now classics of Russian Impressionism and did much to popularise the compositional devices of Impressionism in Russian painting.
Depicted: Vera Alexeyevna Repina, the artist’s wife; Vera and Nadya, his daughters; Alexei and Evgenia Shevtsov, parents of the artist’s wife; Alexei and Maria Shevtsov, the artist’s brother-in-law and his wife.
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