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