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