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