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