"Everyone paints portraits, but Repin paints people" - contemporaries said about Ilya Efimovich. The lecture will be dedicated to the unique style and plastic discoveries of the master at the Engineering Corps of the Tretyakov Gallery. Early in his creative path, Ilya Repin established himself as an artist of national themes. His first significant painting - "Burlaks on the Volga" - was awarded a prestigious prize, and subsequently, the genre and historical canvases of the master created a sensation at Russian and international exhibitions. For Russian art of the second half of the 19th century, the motif of criticizing social vices is characteristic and often overshadows purely artistic issues. For Repin, however, the aesthetic component of the work was always important. Where to go in Moscow, KUDAGO will suggest.