From the artist’s autobiography: “I befriended artists of new trends, such as Mashkov, Konchalovsky, Kuprin, Lentulov. This group served as the core of the ‘Jack of Diamonds’ society. In 1928, I went to the creative business trip to Paris. Of the modern masters, my main maitre is Cezanne.”
R. Falk works “Olives. Provence,” “In Marseille,” “Walk. Paris,” “Bouquet of Flowers,” presented at Yerevan Museum of Russian Art, reger to the “French” period of his work.
Among Falk’s later works, the 1948 painting “In the Black Shawl” - a portrait of the artist’s wife A. V. Shchekin-Krotova - stands out. This painting can be attributed, using the term of Falk himself, to “portraits-faces.” Working on the portraits, the artist said: “I want to bring the portrait to the face,” that is, to achieve the spirituality of ancient iconography. Falk depicts the figure in almost full height, emphasizing the movements of model’s hands.
The work was donated to A. Abrahamyan by the artist’s widow, Angelina Shchekin-Krotova, as a sign of respect to the creator of Yerevan Museum of Russian Art.
R. R. Falk at the Museum of Russian Art (Prof. A. Abrahamyan’s collection):
“Olives. Provance”, 1933
“Walk. Paris”, 1936
“Bunch of Flowers”, 1936
“Landscape with Child”, 1938
“In Black Shawl”, 1948
“In Marselles”