Ilya Repin

"Ikhono liwukuthi awukwazi ukubona ikhono" Leo Tolstoy (mayelana no-Ilya Repin). U-Repin (1844-1930) wabhala "Abathutha izikebhe" lapho engakabi neminyaka engama-30. Unempilo ende nezithelo ngaphambi kwakhe. Imisebenzi yobuciko "Ivan the Terrible nendodana yakhe u-Ivan", "abazange balinde" noma "I-Cossacks ibhalele iSultan yaseTurkey incwadi". Kodwa i-Barge Hauler iyohlale ingumsebenzi wakhe wobuciko wokuqala noyinhloko. Uyakhumbula...

"Abathutha izikebhe eVolga" nguRepin. Kungani umdwebo waba yisakhiwo sodumo? Funda ngokuphelele "