Ukrainian born Repin (1844-1930) formed a new realist school that would reflect the life of ordinary people.
Repin made it his mission to portray the social and political changes of a country in turmoil. His surviving work forms an invaluable testament of a Ukrainophile during the Russian empire’s final years.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
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Mrs Cynthia Coleman Sparke
Cynthia is an independent researcher, author and lecturer on Russian pre-Revolutionary works of art, consulting regularly on Fabergé for auction houses. Having periodically grown up on and off in Moscow within a family of Russian art collectors, she was destined for a career in Russian art. Previously, Cynthia ran the Russian Department for Christie’s in New York and worked for Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens in Washington DC. This was followed by a restoration project at the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, Nicholas II’s last residence. Her book Russian Decorative Arts was published in 2014 by the Antique Collectors’ Club. Cynthia now lives permanently in London.
OTHER EVENTS
A new way of seeing painting
A lecture to mark the bicentenary of The National Gallery