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