Photo credit: Ilya Efimovich Repin. "The Cossacks write a letter to the Turkish Sultan" (1891). From the collection of the State Russian Museum / ru.wikipedia.org
The masterpieces of the Russian artist Ilya Repin from the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum were presented in the exposition of the Ateneum Museum in Helsinki. The museum has been waiting for a large exhibition of Repin for 25 years. The painter lived and died in Finland. An exhibition of works by the Russian artist is also planned in Paris, Yle.fi reports.
In the halls of Finland's leading art museum, one can see Ilya Repin's acclaimed masterpieces, including "Barge Haulers on the Volga", "Zaporozhian Cossacks Writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan", and many others. The paintings took their places in the halls in mid-March, but due to the difficult epidemiological situation, the museum was closed to visitors.
According to the Moscow art critic Tatyana Yudenkova, who participated in the selection of paintings for the exhibition, large exhibitions of Ilya Repin are rarely held abroad. ''Before there was no request, now it has appeared, and there was an exhibition in Helsinki and is planned in Paris,'' she said.
According to the art critic, in Finland the name and work of Repin is known due to the fact that the artist lived in this country. The Finnish period of Repin was characterized by the search for new artistic techniques. Tatyana Yudenkova told that the paintings of the Russian artist from the Finnish collections are of great interest to researchers of Ilya Repin's work.
Russkiy Mir
