Still life

Still Life is one of Roman Selsky's early works. The artist painted it during his stay in Paris (October 1925 - March 1926), at the "Paris Committee" - the Paris branch of the Krakow Academy of Arts. During this period, referring to the theoretical foundations of the artists of the "Paris Committee" (capists or colourists), R. Selsky worked out the concept of Ukrainian colorism. Schematic composition in the center of Still Life is framed with ornaments on the perimeter, which is a symbiosis of Cubism with elements of folk decor. Such modeling of a still life composition with decorative framing is visible only in this work - a kind of author's experiment.

Ivan Tereshchak, Head of Department of Contemporary Art of the Andrey Sheptytsky NML
Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv