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