Rating and value of drawings, pastels and watercolors by Élie Répine

If you own a work by artist Élie Répine or based on his work and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers will guide you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Thereafter, if you wish to sell your work, we will direct you to the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Artist's rating and value

Elie Répine's drawing work is uncommon and fairly highly rated on the auction market. His works arouse interest among collectors and art lovers, particularly those who appreciate 20th-century Russian painting. The most sought-after pieces are the study drawings used to prepare his canvases. Thus, a drawing signed by Répine can fetch thousands of euros at auction, like his watercolor study drawing Study for a Parisian café, adjudged for €101,070 in 2011, whereas it was estimated at between €44,920 and €67,380.  

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Style and technique of Elie Repin  

Ilia Repin is a Russian painter who is fully in line with Russian realism, and during his career was a member of the Ambulants group, which brought together various Russian artists who refused the teaching of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, which existed until 1890.

Ilia Répine : his life, his work

Ilia Iefimovitch Répine, (1844 - 1930) is the most famous painter of Russian realism.

The artist was born in Chuguyev, in the Russian Empire. His father was a former Cossack and his mother ran a country school. He continued his studies at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, where he was influenced by both European and Russian teachers. Répine quickly distinguished himself with his precise, emotionally charged realist style. His ability to understand the psychology of characters is evident in his portraits, such as "Portrait of Modest Mussorgsky" and "Portrait of Ivan the Terrible.

He became truly famous thanks to his history paintings, such as "The Entombment" and "The Kossaks". Répine was also an important member of the Ambulants movement, a group of Russian artists who fought for art accessible to all by organizing traveling exhibitions across Russia.

His social and political involvement is evident in his writings such as "The Zaporogues' Reply to the Sultan's Ambassador", which reflects his Russian patriotism. Répine died on September 29, 1930 in Kuokkala, Finland, leaving behind an artistic legacy that continues to have an impact on new generations of Russian artists.  

Ilya Répine's imprint on his period

Ilya Répine is a world-famous painter, both during his lifetime and today. Not only are his landscape paintings and other compositions highly sought-after by collectors and successful at auction, but so are his preparatory drawings. Some of his works are exhibited in museums in France, but private collectors play a major role in preserving his work.

His signature

Not all of Repine's works are signed. It's also possible that it's a copy or that the mention has faded over time, which is why expertise is paramount.

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