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