On the correctness of the list of "12 most expensive Russian artists"

[Vladimir]

Сообщение от Tamila

For example, the poet and painter Vladimir Slepian, one of the first who left the Soviet Union, principally spoke only in French (he lived in Paris). And even meeting with his countrymen, demanding to converse in French, no doubt, therefore, expressing his "contempt" for the former homeland. Poems he wrote in French, incidentally.
And does that make it ceases to be "a Russian artist in exile"?

And what he has achieved as a result of this? Slepian was one of those who opened the history of other art, since the late 1950's. In the timeline it is on the first segment, interesting experimenter. That is, have all chances to firmly enter into the history of Russian art as an artist in a series of first names, and in fact became more as a historical personage. Dropped out of the clips. Today the name of famous art, friends and historians - the public does not know.
On the other hand, one freak of far-reaching conclusions should not do it. In addition to all these stories are often mythologized.