Though initially forced to find sponsorship from a wealthy general, Repin’s paintings castigated the upper classes. Ilya Repin, Krestny Khod (Religious Procession) in ... by Ben Pollitt
Rejecting tsarist conservatism, like-minded artists formed a society devoted to making art for the Russian people. An Introduction to The Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers) by Dr. Kristen M. Harkness