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



