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They Did Not Expect Him

1888

Russian Realism
They Did Not Expect Him

19世紀後半のロシア写実主義を牽引した画家であり、「移動派」を代表する中心的な人物。

1884-1888

A man in a tattered coat suddenly steps into the room, and his family turns their gaze towards him.

The piano music ceases, and a moment of tense silence descends, a mixture of surprise and bewilderment. Yet, this man is, in fact, a political prisoner who has returned from a distant exile.

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