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




