Exhibition of counterfeits of the greatest Russian artists will be held in Moscow

[Artem]

Exhibition of counterfeits of the greatest Russian artists will be held in Moscow


04/12/2012 14:23. MOSCOW, April 12 - RIA Novosti.

Exhibition "Masterpieces of forgery or N /A", which proved to show fake works by Russian artists of the largest middle of the XIX - early XX century, opens at the Museum "Home icon in Spiridonovka" April 18, RIA Novosti reported in its press-service.
The founder of the museum, a businessman Igor Vozyakov decided this summer to hold an exhibition of paintings by Russian artists, acquired by him in the early 1990s. Before it was decided to conduct an independent examination, despite the fact that the paintings were accompanied by the conclusions of their authenticity and authorship.
As RIA Novosti was told in the museum, found that nine out of 15 pictures are fakes. Among them - "Sea battle" by Ivan Aivazovsky, "The guests arrived," Nicholas Roerich, "The Dance of Swords" Henry Semiradsky and "ship at the pier," Alexei Bogolyubov. All of them are like clarified the agency interlocutor, were purchased in Russia.
Now, all fabrics, accompanied by conclusive plan to show, along with four icons, which also turned out to be counterfeit.
So again, the exhibition organizers want to raise the issue of fakes on the market of Russian art, which often occurred in recent years. Development contributed to this story is now finished its existence catalog "Warning: may be a fake," which published information about the controversial works of art. It was published under the auspices of the now defunct Rosokhrankultura and its foundation is unknown details about the paintings of western masters that have been issued for the works of Russian scammers painting and sold on the Russian domestic market or on the international auction for a price many times higher than their real value.
Experts believe that the proportion of counterfeit works of Russian art ranges from a quarter to three-fourths of the total market share of this segment of the art.
Most loud in this sense was the situation with the painting "Odalisque" by Boris Kustodiev, which at Christie's auction for 2.9 million dollars in 2005 became an entrepreneur Viktor Vekselberg. The examination made in Russia, showed that the canvas is not painted by Kustodiev. The case went to the London High Court, where it is considered so far.
In addition, last year there were editions in Europe ", Natalia Goncharova," Anthony Parton, and "Natalia Goncharova: her art between tradition and modernity," Denise Bazetu, where, according to the largest specialist art the most expensive Russian artist, included a large number of fakes for further legalization them on the art market.
Exhibitions fakes with great success all over the world: for example, in 2010 at London's Victoria and Albert Museum was organized by the British police show with hundreds of dubious works of art attributed to Chagall, Giacometti, and Hockney. And in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the exhibition "Imitations, counterfeits, riddles," dedicated to the study of the mysteries of fraud and error in the attribution of works of art. On it, for example, you could see the "Holy," for some time attributed to Botticelli's close to his real work - "Risen Christ".
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The exhibition "Masterpieces of fraud" will be opened in the "House of the icon"
 
The collector Igor Vozyakov
Photo: Alexander Yalovoy /Kommersant
The exhibition, which plans to open a Moscow museum-gallery "house icon", promises to be quite spectacular. It will be presented to a dozen major works of Russian artists who find themselves forgeries. Pictures come from the collection of the founder of the "House of the icon" collector, philanthropist and businessman Igor Vozyakova and they were purchased in the early 1990s, all the paintings have expertise, confirming their authenticity.

When carrying out re-examination in 2011 (it did independent research expertise to them. P. Tretyakov) found that painting by Ivan Aivazovsky's "Sea Battle", by Nicholas Roerich, "guests arrived," Boris Kustodiev "Girl in a birch grove" Konstantin Korovin's "View of Moscow" Alexey Bogolyubov's "The ship at the pier," Lev Lagorio "ship to the shore," and others - fakes

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Igor Vozyakov decided to put them in the "House of the icon" along with old and new examinations, so it will be clear that the expert reports supporting and refuting the authenticity of the same paintings, signed by the same experts. The organizers do not doubt that this will once again draw attention to the situation in the Russian art market, where a fake, according to different opinions, ranging from one to three-quarters of its volume.

Tatiana Markina

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc-y/1913434

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Dance of Swords "Henry Semiradsky

If this, then with her in Russia, at various sites offering copies.
 

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Why are auctions on the Internet and on TV have an incentive sales of fakes ...

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[Игорь Гурьев]

Where, comrades, you can see the play fakes, exhibited at the show in Spiridonovka?

[Artem]

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In Moscow , " HOUSE OF ICONS ," an exhibition of fakes. MTRK "World

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A former top manager of "Transneft" bought a fake painting ... TC Rain



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Passport to a masterpiece. Collectors are fighting counterfeiting. RBC TV 04/18/12 22:32

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For the first time in Russia, opened the exhibition , which just a fake

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[Кирилл Сызранский]

Masterpieces of fraud or scandal among collectors.


Here are some photos from this exhibition.

[Artem]

Tomb of the Unknown Artist

"Masterpieces of fraud" at the Museum "Home icon"

In Moscow's private museum "Home icon" an exhibition of Russian painting of the late XIX - early XX century from the collections of the museum's founder, Igor Vozyakova collector. All the paintings in the exhibition - a fake, once confirmed by examinations of the leading Russian specialists. The details - TATIANA Markin.

Nine works by leading Russian artists of the late XIX - early XX century, are shown at the exhibition, along with expert opinions, made recently in Moscow Independent examination of the name of Pavel Tretyakov. These documents deny authorship of Aivazovsky, Bogolyubov, Korovin, Kustodiev, Roerich, and so forth - and is credited with creative works, "unknown artists", for the most part of the second half of the twentieth century. However, a number of hanging those expert opinions, which, according to the collector Igor Vozyakova, paintings were bought in the mid-1990s: they are the experts do not doubt the authenticity and artistic value of works. Names of experts who signed the old and new documents, sometimes the same.

Once Igor Vozyakov gathered a collection of Russian paintings, but then switched to the icon (it is devoted to his private museum.) Currently left only 15 paintings of the greatest artists, the best, and in the summer of 2012 devised to make a big show of secular and religious paintings. In this connection, decided to give the fabric a re-examination. Of the 15 paintings were authentic, according to experts working in the Research of the independent examination of the name of Pavel Tretyakov, only six. And the owner of the paintings took a bold decision: to show fraud in the exhibition to attract attention to the situation of other collectors. In addition, Igor Vozyakov strebovat going to the seller (it is "a well-known Moscow art dealer"), a loss of $ 10 million - about as much today would be worth a picture, it appear they are genuine.

"Girl in a birch grove" Boris Kustodiev and "Venice" Constantine Gorbatova turned into "unknown artists" of the second half of XX century, the "Night Landscape" by Lev Lagorio generally written at the turn of XX-XXI centuries, "The Dance of Swords" Semiradsky Henry was not very skillful copy (although the modern artist.) The vast "Sea battle" was written by Ivan Aivazovsky pigments of the first half of the twentieth century (the artist died in 1900). "View of Moscow" supposedly Konstantin Korovin - just clear trash.

Cloth "guests arrived" with the signature of Nicholas Roerich is composed of stacked awkwardly quotes his famous works, in a fresh examination listed a whole list of absurdities: hanging in the air shield, drawing not know that the sailor, anecdotal clad warriors. Near the conclusion of the experts hang TG 2004, according to which "all studies have found a" hand "of Nicholas Roerich." Next to the picture, too, Alexey Bogolyubov two documents. Conclusion of the 2004 points to the individuality and autonomy of painting style of composition, revealed by a radiograph. Conclusion of 2012 speaks of the nature of imitative signature low artistic level, chest radiograph, unlike the reference samples. Both are signed by the conclusion of the experts Galina Churakov Gladkova and Lydia.

Director of the Independent expert P. Tretyakov, Alexander M Chvala explains the situation in that experts are improved in their knowledge, and now, when there were so many cases of counterfeiting, "better know where to look." Now coming to the examination of the original works is only one-third, he said.

A well-known is probably the only one hundredth of a scandal involving the sale of counterfeits. Among the stories have come down to the public - paintings, published in "Catalogues fakes" (published jointly with Vladimir Rosokhrankultura Roschin), those paintings that were the case antique Preobrazhensky, litigation between the Fund "Aurora" Viktor Vekselberg and auction house Christie `s over" Beauties "Kustodiev. The exhibition, which opened in such a "house icon", is the first time ever.

Soon, however, such stories may be more. And it is possible that the center of the scandalous proceedings will be in St. Petersburg (Moscow has already received its share in 2006-2008, when it became clear that the experts have missed a lot of the Tretyakov Gallery of fake paintings, "converted" from the Western European painting.)

St. Petersburg is now a collector Andrey Vasilyev seeking initiation of criminal proceedings for the sale of his fake paintings by Boris Grigoriev, who vouched for the authenticity of an expert and a member of the Russian Museum, Elena Basner. Moscow collector Victor Spengler is suing an art dealer who sold him a painting supposedly Saryan, whose authenticity was confirmed by the Russian Museum. All subsequent examination denied authorship of Saryan, but the St. Petersburg court found a genuine picture. For nearly five years, St. Petersburg collector Constantine Azadovsky struggling with the experts of the Russian Museum, have recognized forgery of Alexander Benois and Sergei Sudeikina, although other expertise and provenance from the family of the collector to the contrary.

After the "Masterpieces of fraud" in the "House of the icon" tensions in the Russian section of the "classical" art will increase even more, many collectors choose to double-check the authenticity of his paintings, and many will want to then get rid of fakes detected. They are unlikely to follow the example of Igor Vozyakova. Rather, they simply go to the western auctions - because the work "by an unknown artist of the second half of the twentieth century" safe to remove from the country. And then attach to the works of old papers and sell them as originals. That, by the way, and offered to collectors Vozyakovu - instead of venturing all this hype.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1919055

[Игорь Гурьев]

Honored transneftchik Vozyakov
We decided to falshakov indicators .

Generally striking naivete of the man. It is not Semiradsky - even just seen pictures of average quality.
What is not Korovin - the same way.

With Aivazovsky , and Bogolyubov difficult , we must see the big picture , though from a distance look like wow.
In my opinion , large-scale forgery of Aivazovsky , in principle, can not be .

Is Comrade . Vozyakov could not find one person who would have told him 15 years ago: " Igor , you're human , then buy a shit ?"

I must say that at the time of purchase and Company Aivazovsky cost several times less than now, so we millions of lost for every thing goes.

[parsley]

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I must say that at the time of purchase and Company Aivazovsky cost several times less than now, so we millions of lost for every thing is not .

And if they had them , what would be an investment ! And lo! She is lost ! * with the intonation Zinovy ​​Gerdt , theatrically waving his hands *

[Artem]

"Masterpieces of fraud" in Moscow, playing ambitions. 24/04/2012, 15:

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In Moscow, an exhibition of "Masterpieces of forgery." She forced to think seriously and professionals, and collectors and amateurs of painting. About "The Voice of Russia," said art critic Hope Gubin (AUDIO)
What kept the leading museums of the world? Who can guarantee that a work of art that go under the hammer for fabulous sums of money are true? What is the amount of black antique market?

Aivazovsky, Roerich, Bogolyubov, Kustodiev, Lagorio. 15 years after the purchase of paintings by famous Russian artists of the Moscow collector Igor Vozyakov found that most of the pictures - fake: 9 out of 15 turned out to be fake!

And what is surprising: in the examinations to confirm their authenticity, and the findings which refute the brush accessory classics are the same signature. In fact, no one is responsible for the accuracy of examination, said in an interview with "Voice of Russia" Hope art Gubin:

"I would not want to believe that there is some kind of a big machine called an underground antique market, where a bunch of work to the experts, dealers, antique dealers, but it can be. I do not think that a man who has worked for many years, such as in the famous Moscow Tretyakov Gallery, will not be able to distinguish from the real Bogolyubov fake - even if it is a very good copy. Why do we have raised this issue? Because we want to stop the black market in antiquities, if it exists, and say that in Russia, and world, there is a huge problem with the examination: for it is no obligation - an administrative, not criminal. Judge, if anything, can simply refer to the human factor. But when it comes to masterpieces, the system should work well. "



Meanwhile, Hope Gubin admits that at the Moscow exhibition presents also a kind masterpieces.

"We are not casually called the exhibition" Masterpieces of fraud, "because all of these pictures really masterpieces. They are written not by Roerich, not Aivazovsky, but we applaud these masters! If these artists sign of their real names, they were known around the world. And of course, these pictures have artistic value, some are written in old canvases, it's really the 19th century - perhaps they wrote some of the pupils of the great artists. A part of the paintings have already written in the 20th century, in the 70s . And if these artists are alive and well, they may come to the exhibition to see their work incognito. "


The material value of counterfeit masterpieces still a fraction of the originals - at least for a few "zeros". It is clear that motivates participants collusion when it comes to fraud. Critics believe that the authors of brilliant fakes, there are other reasons - not only acquisitive, says Hope Gubin:

"People who are fake masterpieces that an incredibly ambitious. Joke of the experts on the international community of art historians, antique dealers, dealers, collectors, patrons - for this, of course, need serious ambitions. These people are creative, bright and very talented. Even a genius! Honestly it would be very interesting to meet them. "


There is no certainty that such a meeting was held in a friendly spirit, if, for example, a prominent Russian businessman and collector Viktor Vekselberg, the author spoke with a fake canvas "Odalisque." He acquired his real job as an artist Boris Kustodiev for 2.9 million dollars at auction, "Christie" in London.

Russian oligarch sued the famous auction house. The first court session held in May, and specialists sincerely hope that Vekselberg will win the case. Perhaps, then, the auction houses will be responsible for what they sell. In many cases, the great works of Russian artists, is in reality a "masterpiece fakes," is come up at foreign auctions.
http://rus.ruvr.ru/2012_04_24/72765433/