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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
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studios were located
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monuments of the city’s
huge cycle of murals
direct observations
outlines of buildings
surpass in this respect
inhuman tension.
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ambassador to Greece
henceforth become
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uniquely individual
joyful beauty
drew themes from these albums
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technique of oil painting
years of reaction
tense in mood
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natural principle
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variety of color
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