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Anton Refrigier – born in Moscow
Refrege was born in Moscow in the year of the first Russian revolution. This fact would seem irrelevant to the biography of an American artist: after all, his father took him to his homeland, to France, when he was still a teenager. In Paris, the boy’s artistic inclinations, inherited from his Russian ancestors, appeared: his maternal grandfather was a famous violinist, his grandmother was a ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater, and Anton himself became interested in the sculptor’s craft. Continue reading
studios were located
surpass in this respect
thus emphasizing
supposedly saved
years of reaction
easel paintings
social activity gradually
picture telling
masters saw in reality
henceforth become
joyful beauty
remarkable monument
where every wave
Mexican graphic until
figures are graceful
makes several
especially outstanding
constant companions
hands he held
drew themes from these albums
direct observations
statue was created
huge cycle of murals
technique of oil painting
painters from England
introduction of an orange-red
products painted
monuments of the city’s
most picturesque places
distinguished by its mannerism
tense in mood
variety of color
beautiful and majestic
ambassador to Greece
aspiring artist
most popular
natural principle
outlines of buildings
could not recover
uniquely individual
linear perspective
master worked
inhuman tension.
naming the artistic
creative response