Ilya Yefimovich Repin (Russian: Илья Ефимович Репин, romanized: Il'ya Yefimovich Repin; Finnish: Ilja Jefimovitš Repin; Ukrainian: Ілля Юхимович Рєпін, romanized: Illia Yukhymovych Riepin; 5 August [O.S. 24 July] 1844 – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russia during the 19th century. His major works include Barge Haulers on the Volga (1873), Religious Procession in Kursk Province (1880–1883), Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan (1885); and Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (1880–1891). He is also known for the revealing portraits he made of the leading literary and artistic figures of his time, including Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Pavel Tretyakov and especially Leo Tolstoy, with whom he had a long friendship.
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