Russian avant

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unique person - an engineer submariner, participant BOB, which, in spite of everything in 1968 was sentenced to ten years for speculation pictures!

Boris Gribanov was born in 1918. Naval officer, brought together a collection of paintings by Russian and foreign artists, including the Russian avant-garde. The Soviet authorities have accused Boris Gribanova speculation in pictures. In 1969 he was arrested by the KGB.

Collection of paintings - more than 200 works of Russian and Western schools of painting - which included the masterpieces of world-class - was confiscated. Sentenced to 10 years. Punishment served in Chita, and Kostroma. After the release of Boris Gribanov emigrated to the United States and later moved to Europe.
BN Gribanov
paintings and life. Collector's Notes
In the autobiographical book of the famous Russian collector Boris Nikolayevich Gribanova tells how originated and evolved is one of the finest private collections of Russian and foreign art, in particular, the Russian avant-garde. The reader learns how sincere and inquisitive interest in art expressed by submarine officer, came into conflict with the savage ignorance of Soviet government officials on how still managed to maintain remarkable collection.
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