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Ilya Repin: Russia's Secret [Hardcover]

Henk van Os (Author), Sjeng Scheijen (Author)
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January 2005
Regarded as the leader of the Realist School, artist Ilya Repin (1844-1930) is seen as Russia's national painter. This is an overview of his work.


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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Dutch

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 190 pages
  • Publisher: Uitgeverij Waanders B.V. (January 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9040096457
  • ISBN-13: 978-9040096457
  • Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.8 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,706,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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72 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a painting catalogue not too bad, June 5, 2005
This review is from: Ilya Repin: Russia's Secret (Hardcover)
As Amazon has not given some basic detailed info about the book, I include them here. Size: 0.5 x 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Catalogue starts from page 57 with nearly 50 color plates (which take up 100 pages, in the way of one page for a plate, then another page for the text description of that plate) and about 40 black and white plates, the rest of the pictures are small to very small (4 to 2 inches) scattered in the beginning introduction parts of the book. You can find more info from the publisher's site: http://www.kunstboeken.nl by searching "Repin".

I give the book four star because it is the most current painting catalogue of Repin in English. The introduction articles are good to very good, but the texts describing the plates are short and superficial.

The color of the book is not high-quality considering the fact that it is printed after 2000.

The book is okay if it is your first time to introduce yourself to Repin's works, as it shows SOME of Repin's best works, also some of the mediocre ones, including primary design sketches. At least you can learn design ideas from the book, as Repin's design gift is clearly shown in the pictures. However, from this book, you will see very few, if any, of Repin's loosely, and elegant brushworks which he did "alla prima", one of which was the portrait of Stasov he did in 10 hours in two days. You can find such images from internet by typing "Repin" and "Stasov", or using the following link www.abcgallery.com/ R/repin/repin41.html

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