Robert Falk. The happiness of the painter. Assumption A.M.

The work of Robert Falk (1886-1958) has been arousing unhappy interest among art historians, artists and collectors for more than half a century. At different times, he was called the avant -garde and formalist, socialist and the h (the forerunner of the “harsh style”. Meanwhile, he himself called his style “picturesque realism”, choosing a special language that allowed him to perceive and transmit the symphonism of the world through the art of painting.

In the book of the St. Petersburg art critic Anton Uspensky, an attempt to comprehend and analyze the picturesque system of the artist who possessed An individual sense of color, special vision and innate susceptibility to rhythm. Throughout the long creative life, Falk consistently and stubbornly, with incredible performance, moved to the guide that called "picturesque painting." Proven by his ideals and moral principles, he always defended the “right to his own song” and “in a historical perspective remained alone, who had not been adjacent to anyone and did not express any group interests” (D.V. Sarabianov).

The book is addressed to a wide range of readers.