Angelina Vasilievna Shchekin-Krotova ( June 5, 1910 , Lebedin - August 1992 , Moscow ) - Russian art critic. Her family’s roots are connected with the Ukrainian city of Lebedin (Sumy county of Kharkov province), where her grandfather Nikolai Evgrafovich Shchekin-Krotov, a graduate of Kharkov University, was a well-known public figure and philanthropist: the head of the Lebedinsky Zemstvo Council (1910), the founder and trustee of the local male gymnasium ( 1906-1919). A.V. Born on June 5 (n.a.) in 1910 in Lebedin. Her father and brothers were graduates of Moscow higher schools, the family constantly maintained an interest in literature, theater and music (the noble Russian family of the Shchekins dates back to the beginning of the 17th century). In the early 1920s, the family moved to Moscow, where in 1927 Angelina Vasilyevna graduated from high school (former Alferov gymnasium), and then the tour and translation department of the German language department of the Moscow Institute of New Languages (1933).
| Angelina Vasilievna Shchekin-Krotova | |
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 A.V.Schekin-Krotova in 1931 | |
| Date of Birth | June 5, 1910 |
| Place of Birth | Swan |
| Date of death | 1992 |
| A place of death | Moscow |
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Born in the city of Lebedin, Kharkov province . In the early 1920s, her family moved to Moscow.
1927 - graduated from high school (former Alferov gymnasium ).
1933 - graduated from the excursion and translation department of the Moscow Institute of New Languages with knowledge of the German language. In the same year, she began working as a guide-translator in the Intourist system, and led a seminar on the history of Russian art in the Tretyakov Gallery for fellow translators.
1936 - was invited to the Central House of Children's Art Education to organize exhibitions of children's drawings and activities with preschool children, where she worked until 1940.
1939 - In the spring she met the artist Robert Falk at his personal exhibition in the House of Writers. In the same year, she married Robert Rafailovich, becoming his fourth wife. The family lived on the 4th floor of the famous Pertsov’s house , on the corner of Kursovy lane and Soymonovsky passage, where there were also the workshops and apartments of two Falk’s comrades-in-arms on “Jack of Diamonds” - A. V. Kuprin and V. V. Rozhdestvensky . Angelina Vasilyevna called this trinity “silent jacks of diamonds”, as opposed to “loud” - this is the three Konchalovsky - Mashkov - Lentulov .
1941 - with the beginning of World War II they were evacuated to Bashkiria , then to Samarkand . They returned in 1943.
1958 - R. Falk died.
1967 - Angelina Vasilyevna, having retired, devoted herself to the preservation and popularization of the creative heritage of the artist R. R. Falk. With its help, in the period 1960-1990. A number of personal exhibitions of the artist were organized. She also published a number of articles on the work of Robert Rafailovich. Many of Falk's works from the family collection were donated to museums.
Literary works of Shchekin-Krotova A. В
- From life next to Falk. In the book. D. V. Sarabyanova "Robert Falk". In German. Dresden, 1974.
- Shchekin-Krotova A.V. Formation of an artist // New World. 1983. No. 10.
- Shchekin-Krotova A.V. Falk R. R. Conversations about art. Letters. Memories of the artist. 1981.
- Shchekin-Krotova A.V. People and images. Biographies and legends. From the series “Falk Models” // Panorama of the Arts . Issue 8. - M.: Soviet artist, 1985.
Bibliography
- Didenko Yu. The pier of "silent jacks of diamonds" in the "House of Pertsov." // Russian art, 2005, No. II. ISBN 2000020454225
In RGALI , in the fund of R. R. Falk (No. 3018), a large number of materials are stored, created on the basis of the gift of Angelina Vasilyevna donated in 1984.