easel paintings
Anton Refrigier – born in Moscow
Refrege was born in Moscow in the year of the first Russian revolution. This fact would seem irrelevant to the biography of an American artist: after all, his father took him to his homeland, to France, when he was still a teenager. In Paris, the boy’s artistic inclinations, inherited from his Russian ancestors, appeared: his maternal grandfather was a famous violinist, his grandmother was a ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater, and Anton himself became interested in the sculptor’s craft. Continue reading
master worked
masters saw in reality
creative response
outlines of buildings
linear perspective
constant companions
uniquely individual
makes several
henceforth become
ambassador to Greece
distinguished by its mannerism
tense in mood
joyful beauty
most popular
natural principle
introduction of an orange-red
direct observations
picture telling
figures are graceful
where every wave
variety of color
could not recover
inhuman tension.
most picturesque places
naming the artistic
especially outstanding
social activity gradually
huge cycle of murals
products painted
drew themes from these albums
years of reaction
Mexican graphic until
painters from England
beautiful and majestic
remarkable monument
monuments of the city’s
studios were located
surpass in this respect
thus emphasizing
aspiring artist
supposedly saved
easel paintings
hands he held
statue was created
technique of oil painting



