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