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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
outlines of buildings
technique of oil painting
Mexican graphic until
tense in mood
natural principle
could not recover
inhuman tension.
remarkable monument
hands he held
distinguished by its mannerism
easel paintings
ambassador to Greece
aspiring artist
supposedly saved
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social activity gradually
drew themes from these albums
most picturesque places
painters from England
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especially outstanding
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variety of color
huge cycle of murals
linear perspective
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years of reaction
studios were located
monuments of the city’s
creative response
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naming the artistic
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direct observations
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