What is Ilya Repin?
{{Infobox artist | name = Ilya Repin | image = REPIN portret REPIN.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Self-portrait, 1878 | birth_date = {{OldStyleDate|August 5|1844|24 July}} | birth_place = [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1930|9|29|1862|8|5}} | death_place = [[Finland]] | nationality = [[Ukrainia]]n | field = [[Painting]] }} '''Ilya Yefimovich Repin''' ({{lang-ru|Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин}}; [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: Ілля́ Єфи́мович Рéпін , {{OldStyleDate|5 August|1844|24 July}} – 29 September 1930) was an important [[Russia|Russian]] [[painter]] and [[sculptor]]. ==Biography== Repin was born in a [[village]] near [[Kharkiv]], [[Russian Empire]] (now in [[Ukraine]]). He came from a poor family. Repin first learned to paint from an [[icon]] painter. He studied at the [[Academy]] of Fine Arts in [[Saint Petersburg]]. Later, he became a [[professor]] of painting at the same academy. He is best known for his paintings of scenes from [[Russia|Russian]] history and his portraits.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/498358/Ilya-Yefimovich-Repin |title=Ilya Yefimovich Repin |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |accessdate=June 1, 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Repin, Ilya}} [[Category:1844 births]] [[Category:1930 deaths]] [[Category:Russian painters]]