In the early twentieth century as intermediaries between artists and collectors were not the gallery, as it is now, and art shops, which sell not only the works of artists and canvases, brushes and paints. If the center of antique trade in the late XIX - early XX century was Leontief Lane, the art shops were located mainly in the area Neglinnoy and Tverskaya Street. The most famous shops were Datsiaro, d'Avanzi and Bekkers at the Kuznetsk, where you could buy etudes Levitan, Shishkin, Repin and Vereshchagin.
Significant role already played by art dealers, who were called in the French manner "Marchand" - the most famous of them was VI Chekato. Traders bought the paintings as the work of the artists, as well as from private collections during the sales collections. [COLOR="# 000080"] reputation shops and private traders were not perfect, as often the market appeared falshaki. [/COLOR] And there are cases where the most popular artists have already begun to forge in life. For example, it is known that spoofs Aivazovsky artist Solntsev, then a very popular painter Sverchkova - some Volodya, the works of Vladimir Makovsky - unknown dropout.
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