Description of the painting by Ilya Repin “Job and his friends”

Ilya Efimovich Repin created the work “Job and his friends” in the period of receiving the title of free artist – it was 1869. At the core of the writing of the masterpiece is a story from the Old Testament. A martyr named Job appeared before people, a man who received a great deal of pain and suffering. He was left without a family family, lost property, turned into an old man who is sick. His friends came to visit Job, they are horrified by what happened to Job. The plot composition of the meeting of Job and friends is fully visible on the canvas of the picture, all the emotions of the images are reflected in the striking perspective of reality. The palette of colors of Ilya Efimovich surprised critics and observers of his work. The image of the main character – Job, his heartbroken wife, and friends who were of different nationalities. The main requirement of the Academy of Arts was the mandatory execution of the details of the entourage, historical events and images of human figures.