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




