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