glance only for a moment
The Unknown by Ivan Kramskoy
At the end of the 1860s, in the period when the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions was born, a curious incident occurred in the workshop of Artel of artists. He is described by I. E. Repin in the book “Far near”: “One morning, on Sunday, I came to Kramskoy … From a troika-sleigh that arrived, a group of artel artists-artists with cold frost on fur coats fell into the house beautiful woman I was just dumbfounded by this wondrous face, the height and all proportions of the black-eyed… In the general turmoil, chairs quickly boomed, easels moved, and the general hall quickly turned into a study class. Continue reading
supposedly saved
makes several
thus emphasizing
direct observations
statue was created
easel paintings
inhuman tension.
hands he held
technique of oil painting
master worked
distinguished by its mannerism
years of reaction
ambassador to Greece
picture telling
variety of color
remarkable monument
most picturesque places
creative response
constant companions
joyful beauty
could not recover
figures are graceful
monuments of the city’s
linear perspective
studios were located
drew themes from these albums
natural principle
surpass in this respect
Mexican graphic until
products painted
beautiful and majestic
naming the artistic
aspiring artist
social activity gradually
where every wave
painters from England
most popular
tense in mood
uniquely individual
huge cycle of murals
masters saw in reality
henceforth become
outlines of buildings
introduction of an orange-red
especially outstanding



