You have received an email message from your English-speaking pen-friend Stephen:
| From: Stephen@mail.us |
| To: Russian_friend@ege.ru |
| Subject: Russian Art |
| ... During spring break my class went on a school trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, which is a huge art museum in the centre of the city. I especially liked the stained glass windows created by Marc Chagall. I had never heard of this artist before, so, I became very curious about Russian art. If I ever visit Russia, which museums with Russian art would you recommend? How often do you visit them? Who are your favourite Russian painters and why do you like their art? By the way, in the museum gift shop I bought a wonderful album of Marc Chagall's paintings... |
Write a letter to Stephen.
In your letter:
— answer her questions;
— ask 3 questions about the art album that he bought.
Write 100–140 words.
Remember the rules of email writing.
Dear Stephen,
Thank you for your message. It's great that you had such a fascinating tour with your class.
In case you are insterested in Russian Art, you must visit Tretyakovskaya Gallery in Moscow and the Russian Museum in Saint-Petersburg. As far as I live in Saint-Petersburg, I visit the Russian Museum at least once a year to see one of its temporary exhibitions. It you come to Saint-Peterburg I would also recommend visiting the Penaty museum. It was a country house owned by a great Russian painter Ilya Repin. You can feel the atmosphere of a real painter's home there, that's a trully superb experience.
Did you have a chance to look through your album? Does it contain only the most famous works by Chagall? Or does it cover his early works as well?
Best wishes,
Dan
(135 words)