 |
| Suzani Background, Robert Falk, 1943 |
During WWII Falk was evacuated to Bashkiriya with the Jewish Theatre. From there he moved to Samarkand, where he taught in the School of Fine Arts.
Igor Savitsky, a graduate of the Moscow Institute of Art was also evacuated to Samarkand in the same period. He was painting the same model as Falk.
The young model preferred the portrait by Falk as she thought it made her beautiful and subsequently Savitsky destroyed his painting.
 |
| Bukhara Masters, P.I. Kotov, 1920s |
The portrait below of Munzim Mirzo Abduvahid Burkhan Zade was painted in 1912 by Dimitriev - no other name details are known. It is hanging in Bukhara's Contemporary Art Museum. Very little is known of the artist. However, the artist has captured a face full of vigour with thoughtful eyes, his arm gently resting on a suzani.
 |
| Portrait of Munzim Mirzo Abduvahid Burkhan Zade, 1912 by Dimitriev |
Pavel Benkov came to Bukhara in 1928 and then settled in Samarkand in 1930. It was a richly creative period in the artist's life and many portraits were undertaken that were exhibited in Moscow in 1961.
 |
| Emir Official, Pavel Benkov 1929 |
 |
| Samarkand Suzani Embroidery, Samarkand painter Namoz Sultanov. |
With the recent rise of travel in Central Asia and export of suzanis and ikat textiles around the world, suzanis appear in contemporary art pieces. A selection is below.
 | ||
| Watermelon, Bananas, Suzani, Janet Fish 2009 |
 | ||
| Suzani, 2018 Carlo Russo |
 |
| Suzani Chair, Linda Arthurs |
Related posts:
Ikat Textiles in Art
The Birth of Suzani - Madina Kasimbaeva's Exhibition, Tashkent
Uzbek Suzanis: Like Flowers in the Sand
Valentino Haute Couture Meets Suzani
