FRENCH LANGUAGE The major retrospective organised by the Petit Palais, in partnership with the National Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg, provides the opportunity to publish this first monograph in French devoted to Ilya Repine (1844-1930). Considered the most famous Russian painter of the 19th century, the artist is generally associated with the realist movement. A witness to all the upheavals in 19th century Russia, Repin was interested in the cultural life of his time (literature, music, science, etc.) and was particularly attentive to the profound