Painter Ilya Repin is the most famous master of Russian art. Above all, he is renowned for his portrayals of the Russian people and for his lively, psychological portraits. The articles in this book examine the artist’s long career and wide-ranging work through new studies. Repin’s career is also entwined with the early years of Finnish independence.

The authors are Tatyana Yudenkova, PhD, Director of the Department of Late 19th and Early 20th Century Painting at the State Tretyakov Gallery, David Jackson, Professor of Russian and Scandinavian Art Histories at the University of Leeds, Timo Huusko, Lic.Phil, Senior Curator, Collections and Satu Itkonen, M.A., Head of Public Programmes at the Ateneum Art Museum.