deep decline in those years.
James Whistler: “I am an artist and“ born ”in Petersburg”
James Whistler, an Anglo-American artist, was born July 11, 1834 in Lowell, the industrial city of the United States. Staying in Russia largely affected the formation of his talent. Whistler arrived in St. Petersburg as a teenager in the fall of 1843, when his father, a railway engineer, was invited by the tsarist government to build a railway that was supposed to connect the two capitals.
The years of childhood and adolescence, spent by the future artist in Russia, are the most cloudless and bright years in his full shocks of life. Continue reading
constant companions
aspiring artist
distinguished by its mannerism
henceforth become
tense in mood
picture telling
huge cycle of murals
monuments of the city’s
linear perspective
master worked
where every wave
especially outstanding
introduction of an orange-red
naming the artistic
painters from England
drew themes from these albums
hands he held
ambassador to Greece
remarkable monument
years of reaction
social activity gradually
thus emphasizing
natural principle
masters saw in reality
studios were located
supposedly saved
makes several
beautiful and majestic
creative response
Mexican graphic until
joyful beauty
outlines of buildings
surpass in this respect
products painted
variety of color
easel paintings
direct observations
most picturesque places
most popular
figures are graceful
statue was created
inhuman tension.
technique of oil painting
could not recover
uniquely individual
