Looted museum-apartment of Alexander Drevin

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Metropolitan Police reopened the investigation of the criminal case of theft
collection of paintings by famous Russian avant-garde artist
Alexander Drevins from the apartment of his 62 -year-old granddaughter , who was
closed in the summer of 2013 due to lack of suspects. family
artist believes that the disappearance of paintings involved other long-
Drevins relatives . At the end of last year, the FSB operatives
prevented the sale of several paintings from the collection of stolen on
antique market in Moscow, and now the family and the security forces are asked
collectors and art lovers to help them find other paintings
garde .
A criminal case under article " Stealing a large scale" abduction
family collection of paintings was initiated in October 31
last year. For 8 months of the investigators have failed to find
suspected of stealing , so the July 3, 2013 the case was closed .
Relatives Drevins believe that the investigators did not take all
necessary measures to search for criminals and stolen , so
achieved a reopening of the investigation .
- The decision to reopen the investigation indicates that the
The investigation is not completed all the necessary steps are not taken
measures to find the missing property is not assessed
stolen items that have already been found and confiscated , in
no opinion on the handwriting examination registry notaries -
told "Izvestia" attorney Eugene heirs Drevins
Martynov. - In connection with the September 9, 2013 it was decided
decision to reopen the investigation of the criminal case .
Alexander Drevin considered one of the leaders of the Russian avant-garde. In
In 1938 he was arrested on charges of "conspiracy Latvian riflemen " and
after a short investigation shot at Butovo firing range near
Moscow. Some of the paintings of the artist during the arrest saved his wife - also
famous artist , Hope Udaltsov . She called her husband's work
his , and the only reason they are not seized .
Wife has survived Stalin's purges and tried to preserve the cultural
the legacy of her husband. After her death in 1961 her work was continued by son
Andrew Drevin , who became a sculptor. It is known for the creation of the monument
fabulist Krylov was established at the Patriarch's Ponds.
Long time work "enemy of the people" had semi-underground .
During the thaw in the 1960s , some of his paintings were
presented at one of the shows , but personally criticized Nikita
Khrushchev . Drevins again forgotten , and his first exhibition was held
Only in 1979. After that, the interest in his work constantly
increased simultaneously with the cost of painting . In recent years, it
work is presented in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of St.
Petersburg , exhibited regularly in exhibitions in Russia and Europe.
Trouble in the artist's family began in 2010 , when ill
81 -year-old wife of his son Andrew Drevins - art Veronica
Starodubova , and later her 62 -year-old daughter Catherine Drevins . they
look after the family museum-apartment in Bryusov lane.
In April 2010 Drevins was in the hospital , and when in July
returned home, he found out that during this time her mother died
under very mysterious circumstances , and the apartment was
hacked and lost all of her values. Of homes were lost as
At least 19 paintings - 13 works Drevins , 4 - and several Udaltsova
paintings of their ancestors , dating back to XVIII-XIX centuries. Furthermore, missing
money - $ 100 million , £ 30 million , silver and antiques . among
others made ​​by Andrei Drevin cross - crucifixion , the market
which costs about $ 100-150 million
The granddaughter of the artist believes that the disappearance of her grandfather's legacy involved
other relatives . She points to a widow who was tragically killed in
2007 Catherine Drevins son Peter . Her name is Catherine also
Drevins , nee Vasiliev.
In December 2012 the stolen paintings from the family collection of previously
Drevins surfaced on the antiques market in Moscow . The agents of the FSB
time to prevent the sale of works of the painter "Hunter" and " Landscape with
white house " worth more than $ 400 million Location
other missing paintings , the total value of which is
several million dollars , is still unknown.
At the end of February 2013 FSB operatives and Internal Affairs investigators
Central District of Moscow conducted a series of searches of Catherine
Drevins ( widow who died tragically in 2007, the great-grandson of the artist
- Peter . - "News" ) and found four more missing pictures
Drevins , several antique album of children's drawings , as well as
many receipts to transfer pictures from the restoration Drevins
right of resale , as well as $ 50 million
Thus, missing still including 13 pictures, because they
interested in the fate of the Interior Ministry and the FSB and it is unlikely they can be taken out for
abroad. Heirs Drevins and law enforcement officials
have appealed to collectors and art lovers with a request
help to find them.
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