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




