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