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