Baltic Exhibition in Malmö (Sweden) in 1914

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The Baltic exhibition. 1914 " From 15 May to 4 October 1914 in the Swedish city of Malmö was an exhibition of industrial achievement, arts and crafts of the Baltic countries, which was attended by Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Russia. Its program has not yet come to an end, when the outbreak of the First World War, which was attended by two members - Russia and Germany. For this reason, the exhibition was closed. (c)

This was the first in the XX century, foreign exhibitions of works by Russian artists from private collections (exhibitions and galleries), organized by the Association of Russian Artists, created in 1903 by donations from Russian gallery owners and private individuals.
In Malmo in 1914 were shown the masterpieces of Russian art of XX century:
1.Valentin Serov - 39 paintings, sketches and drawings, among them - Abduction of Europe, Portrait of the Minister of Finance SY Witte (1904), Portrait, EL Nobile (judging by the list sent by the Embassy of Russia in Sweden in the Department of Conservation of Cultural Property of the Ministry of Culture of Russia on Oct. 14, 2002, the date of the 39 Serov cultural values are available, only three, including a portrait of Witte);
2.Vasily Kandinsky - five paintings in abstraktsionistskom style (not preserved any);
3.Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin - seven paintings, including the Bathing of red horse (in the presence of left alone - Work, 1912);
4.Nikolay Roerich - 28 pictures (not preserved in any of Sweden).
Today in Malmö from 90 paintings were exhibited in 1914, remained around 40, with 26 of them hidden by the directorate of the museum to the store and not exposed (Valentin Serov, Martiros Sarian, Alexander Golovin, and others) because of fear that their require the return of descendants of the artists or the Ministry of Culture of Russia by their attorney. There is a catalog of the Baltic Exhibition 1914, which lists all works of art from Russia (with the Catalog can be viewed at the Department of Conservation of Cultural Property of the Ministry of Culture of Russia). (c)


Dear all, on the occasion of the acquisition of one of this exhibition, looking for any information on the topic in the first place:
- Exhibition catalog
- Photographs, documents, etc.
thanks in advance.