Still life with a book

The work Still Life with a Book refers to 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" (kapists or colourists), R. Selsky worked out the concept of Ukrainian colorism. In Still Life with a Book, the artist deviates somewhat from the creative priorities of the kapists and uses a simplistic drawing and an almost monochrome cold range, without clear color accents. In general, the work tends to naive realism. Bottom right - author's monogram: "RS".

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