Imperial Academy of Arts
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The Imperial Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov, the founder of the Imperial Moscow Uni
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The Inauguration of the Academy of Arts, a painting by Valery Jacobi.
G. K. Mikhailov, Second Antique Gallery at the Academy of Arts (1836)
Maksim Vorobyov, Egyptian sphinxes lining Academy Quay (1835)
Ilya Repin
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Ilya Yefimovich Repin was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russia in the 19th century. His major works include Barge Haulers on the Volga, Religious Proc
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…the Hermitage. The building in Leningrad was devoted to the Ilya Repin Leningrad Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, named in honor of Ilya Repin, one of the foremost realist artists in Russia. Since 1991, it has been called the St. Petersburg Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture…
Self-portrait, 1887
Students Studying for an Exam at the Academy of Arts, State Russian Museum (1864)
Early sketch for Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870)
Barge Haulers on the Volga, Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg (1870–1873)