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The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler
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Aleksander Osipovich Koritzkii, ??-??

Nationality: Russian
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He was Whistler's drawing master in St Petersburg, and was himself a pupil and assistant of Bryullov.

Life:

He added a sketch in 1847 to Whistler's St Petersburg Sketchbook, (M.7, p. 7). Whistler was clearly fond of him, and sent him a box of paints when he went to live in England.

Bibliography:

MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995.