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