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
statue was created
remarkable monument
master worked
huge cycle of murals
uniquely individual
hands he held
creative response
could not recover
inhuman tension.
surpass in this respect
masters saw in reality
henceforth become
most popular
most picturesque places
where every wave
monuments of the city’s
years of reaction
variety of color
easel paintings
joyful beauty
makes several
tense in mood
social activity gradually
direct observations
aspiring artist
figures are graceful
introduction of an orange-red
studios were located
distinguished by its mannerism
beautiful and majestic
painters from England
naming the artistic
products painted
linear perspective
thus emphasizing
supposedly saved
ambassador to Greece
outlines of buildings
natural principle
Mexican graphic until
drew themes from these albums
technique of oil painting
picture telling
especially outstanding
