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Ilʹi͡a Repin byl blesti͡ashchim portretistom i "zhivopist͡sem russkoĭ dushi". On zhil vo vremena velikikh peremen v rossiĭskoĭ istorii - ot otmeny krepostnogo prava do prikhoda k vlasti bolʹshevikov. Ėti sobytii͡a nesomnenno povlii͡ali na ego tvorchestvo, vedʹ v svoikh kartinakh khudozhnik-realist stremilsi͡a otrazitʹ individualʹnyĭ kharakter ėpokhi."Moi vostorgi" - sbornik avtobiograficheskikh ocherkov o tom, "kakim obrazom v malʹchike Repine vpervye probudilosʹ vlechenie k iskusstvu, pod kakim vlii͡aniem, v kakoĭ obstanovke on obuchalsi͡a svoemu masterstvu v provint͡sii i v Peterburgskoĭ Akademii khudozhestv i kak napisal kartiny, davshie emu vserossiĭskui͡u slavu".V knige takzhe predstavleny statʹi khudozhnika ob izvestnykh dei͡ateli͡akh russkoĭ literatury i iskusstva. Blagodari͡a masterstvu dialoga Repina pered nami, slovno zhivye, predstai͡ut ego sovremenniki, druzʹi͡a i kollegi.Izdanie dopolneno originalʹnymi ėskizami i kartinami khudozhnika.

Ilya Repin was a brilliant portraitist and "painter of the Russian soul." He lived at a time of great changes in Russian history — from the abolition of serfdom to the coming to power of the Bolsheviks. These events undoubtedly influenced his work, because in his paintings the realist artist sought to reflect the individual character of the era."My Delights" is a collection of autobiographical essays about "how the boy Repin first awakened an attraction to art, under what influence, in what environment he studied his skills in the provinces and at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts and how he painted the paintings that gave him All—Russian fame."The book also contains articles by the artist about famous figures of Russian literature and art. Thanks to Repin's mastery of dialogue, his contemporaries, friends and colleagues appear before us as if alive.The publication is supplemented with original sketches and paintings by the artist.