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