7215357 ANTON RUBINSTEIN, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: 1881//Oil on canvas Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894), pianist, conductor, composer, was one of the initiators of the Russian Musical Circle (1859), and the founder and first director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory (1862). The portrait, commissioned by Pavel Tretyakov, was made from October to December 1881. ???n interesting head, it looks like a lion,??Repin marveled, complaining that the bubbling musician could not hold the pose.); Photo by Sylvain Collet.