Impressionism is a very natural stage of art’s (0)… . DEVELOPment
Russian painters had started their (1) … of experiments with light and
modified colour schemes before they visited France and got acquainted
with French impressionism. unHEARD
And yet, there is a difference between Russian and French
impressionistic (2) … in terms of their subject matter, light and colour
scheme. DEPICTions
As far as French artists were concerned, they portrayed life differently in (3) … to Russian painters. COMPARison
However, Russian impressionists never attempted to break away from (4) … REALism. Strictly speaking, Vasily Polenov can be regarded as a path (5) … in this field. BREAKer
He was one of the first Russian painters who visited Paris in the 1870s and became (6) … fascinated by impressionism. ENORMOUSly
He didn’t abandon his own distinct painting style, but he made every
effort to (7) … his students in Russia with his French findings and
encouraged their own artistic explorations. FAMILIARise
Thanks to his (8) … support, his like-minded contemporary artist
Konstantin Korovin felt confidence to work differently. ENTHUSIAStic
The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and (9) … had never had
landscape painting classes as this genre was seen as the one for
amateurs. ARCHITECTure
V. Polenov was the first to introduce such classes and he was (10) … besieged by students who wanted to paint nature.
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