Denial of confession (before confession) Ilya Repin (1844-1930)
Ilya Repin – Denial of confession (before confession)
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Painter: Ilya Repin
Location: The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Государственная Третьяковская галерея).
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"The Refusal of Confession" was inspired by a poem called "The Last Confession," which was printed in an underground magazine where Repin read it. After long and agonizing attempts to sketch a composition, to portray an excellent illustration, Repin moved away from illustrativeness and turned to his own interpretation of the subject. In the poem, the priest argues with a revolutionary sentenced to execution.
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Description of Ilya Repin’s painting "Refusal of Confession"
"The Refusal of Confession" was inspired by a poem called "The Last Confession," which was printed in an underground magazine where Repin read it. After long and agonizing attempts to sketch a composition, to portray an excellent illustration, Repin moved away from illustrativeness and turned to his own interpretation of the subject.
In the poem, the priest argues with a revolutionary sentenced to execution. Angry, feeling righteous, he responds ardently to calls to repent, and this flame burns itself.
In Repin, the argument is replaced by silence. The priest clutches the cross, preparing to fulfill his duties in the best possible way. He does not exhort, do not persuade, do not ask and do not argue - he simply waits to see what the condemned decides, and in general, he does not care whether he repents or curses God with all the curses known to him. It’s just a job. There is not even the interest in the priest’s posture, let alone the heat of the preacher.
The revolutionary also doesn’t want to get involved in the argument. Heated speeches are not about him; he is tired, and he sees no point in arguing with yet another cog in the system. He is exhausted. He is wearing a dirty, torn robe, his beard and long hair have not been cut and look untidy. He has been sitting for a long time and yet maintains his presence of mind. He recoils from the priest, the slightest bit of chin lifted, his posture, his silence says "no," wanting neither to repent nor to preach. He just wants to be left alone and do what needs to be done.
The colors of the picture are murky. The cell is dark and there is almost no light in it. All you can see are two figures, frozen opposite each other, with no pity to convince each other of anything, and a simple detainee bunk with nothing on it to make it special and belong to this particular detainee.
"The Refusal of Confession" is a refusal not only of repentance, but also of argument, for the refusal that takes place in complete silence.
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