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1928 ROBERT FALK ORIGINAL OIL SAILBOAT PAINTING
Robert Falk (1886-1958, Russia) original 1928 sailboat painting. Painting features red, yellow, and gray sailboat. Born into an educated family in Moscow in1886, Robert Falk played the piano beautifully and at 16 was preparing to enter the Moscow Conservatory of Music. He had, however, shown a considerable aptitude and enthusiasm for drawing from a young age and'in 1903 I was given oil paints and was once again strongly drawn towards art.' (quoted in D. Sarabianov & Iu. Didenko, Zhivopis' Roberta Falka. Polnyi katalog proizvedenii [Paintings by Robert Falk. Complete catalogue of works], Moscow, 2006, p. 37). Following this volte-face of sorts, Falk commenced his initial training under Konstantin Yuon and Ivan Dudin before studying in the studio of Ilya Mashkov from 1904-1905. In 1905 heentered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Like Mashkov, his former teacher and future co-member of the Bubnovy Valet [Jack of Diamonds], Falk was also taught by Konstantin Korovin and

See images. Faded coloring, fine canvas.