Collectors

[uriart]

Tana, yesterday on the channel "Culture" was the transfer of the archives Khardzhiev.
So, that part which was confiscated in Sheremtevo on corporate seat in TSGALI.
Indeed, according to his will, the publication of the archive will Chere 25 years, ie in 2019.
He became a victim of the Council of Deputies and their own passions.
Unique was a man with great knowledge of Russian avant-garde.
He was invited to give lectures in many universities in the world, but nowhere Soviets were not allowed.
I brought the man to the extreme.
He was forced to flee from the country.
But in Holland, he had no luck.
First he had been deceived and "threw" a few pictures. Then the wife died. Quite a strange death-fell down the stairs.
Result.
Our own Sovdep man drove into a corner, as indeed it was not once!

[Евгений]

Count Alexander Stroganov - the largest collector of his time. His troubles in the palace on the Nevsky is created not only the famous art gallery in Russia, but also special collections of numismatics, mineralogy, antiquities.

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Just another young young nobleman comes into contact with artists and scientists. When in 1750 in the Stroganov salt mines in northern Russia were discovered the ancient silver dishes, Stroganov reports information on them in Paris Academy of Sciences. President Charles de Bross devotes his lengthy article in "Memoirs of the Academy.

His collection of paintings that became one of the first Russian museums, Stroganov begins to form in the early 50-ies the XVIII century. In 1752 he made a trip abroad. Fabrics, bought in 1754-1755 years in Italy, painted by masters of the Renaissance. The very first purchase, judging by letters to his father, was made in Milan in autumn 1754. In Venice, in January next year, he becomes the canvas by Correggio. In 1756 the young Earl moved to Paris. When later, in 1793 he published "The systematic catalog of pictures" of his collection (in French), he scrupulously observes all the circumstances of their acquisitions. Thus we learn that 22 marta1756 year he attends a sale of paintings of the Duke de Tallara. Graf takes over 1310 livres now Domenico Fétis "Rural Life". In its "catalog" in 1793, he wrote: "She was in the office of Mr. Bibrona de Kormer from him passed into the collection of the Marshal de Talara, I bought it at its auction in 1756, the tree has been transferred to canvas famous Hakenom in 1772 . in Paris. " Today, this picture with the name "Adam and Eve" is stored in the Tula Art Museum.

On the canvas by Francesco Solimena "Allegory of the reign (from 1930 to GE) is aware that it was commissioned by Cardinal Gvalteri, the papal nuncio at the court of Louis XIV. Count Stroganov, who bought the picture that tells the curious details: "In the tondo was, ostensibly, Charles V, the owner, Mr. Bure, in favor of Louis XV put his face, for my part - his face was replaced by Catherine II».

By the 1771-1779 year is the second foreign trips Stroganov. He lives in Paris - a recognized center of artistic life in Europe. His participation in this life becomes extremely active. He visits the sales and make purchases at auctions of the most famous collections - the Minister of Choiseul, the Prince de Conti, Duc de Richelieu, Randona de Boisset, Blondel de Gani, PA-Zh.Marietta, Julien et al

From the collection of the Duke of Richelieu Stroganoff acquired PP Rubens' painting "Bacchanalia" (now - in Yerevan, the National Gallery of Armenia). From the collection of Blondel de Gani - the picture of Adrian van de Velde "Stop the Road" (GE). Alexander Benois wrote in his time: "It is hard to find, except in Berlin pictures - more brilliant Adrian van de Velde, rather than his" Horsemen "- painting, is one of the best jewelry Stroganov galleries.

If the count in Italy sought to acquire works by masters of Italian Renaissance, then in Paris, his attention was attracted by the painters of Flanders and the Netherlands. He bought a few paintings by French artists, but it is usually masters of the XVII century: Poussin, Balanta, S. Burdon. The works of Watteau, Chardin, Boucher, La Tour, it seems, left him indifferent, they are not in the gallery Stroganoff. "Portrait of a young woman with a child" Van Dyck was bought in Paris for the sale of SP-assembly Zh.Marietta. "Portrait of Nicolas Rokoksa" the same master (both - in GE) - also Parisian shopping Stroganov. In connection with this work in his "Catalog" Earl brings delight reaction landscapist J. Vernet. The latter, according to legend, long considered the canvas, and finally turned to the image: "Well, tell me!"

Benoit said in 1901 about the Stroganoff collection: "The most valuable among the Dutch school paintings - two paintings by Rembrandt ..." Alas, the two remarkable paintings by Rembrandt, decorating the Stroganov art gallery, now kept in Amsterdam! This - "The prophet Jeremiah mourning the destruction of Jerusalem" and "Portrait of Titus in a Capuchin. Last blade at one time he studied in the figure Lermontov, as well as Vandyke "Rokoksa" - O. Kiprensky (SRM).

From the French painters of the XVIII century Stroganov makes an exception only for the three artists: the said Vernet, Hubert Robert and JB Greuze. Dreams have been commissioned two portraits of her son Stroganov - in childhood and youth (both - in GE). Hubert Robert Earl suite performs for a panel with the ruins of decorating a special room of the palace on the Nevsky.

Like other collectors, Stroganov practices gifts and exchanges with their counterparts on collecting. Researchers were alerted by the fact that sometimes in the fields of auction catalogs is his name as a buyer of pictures, but the things themselves in his gallery available. In one case we managed to find out the cause: buying on sale Blondel de Gani large painting by Brueghel the Younger "The Adoration of the Magi", the count gave him Bezborodko (now at GE). In his "Catalog" Stroganov mentions that the painting of Luca Giordano "Battle of the Centaurs lapith" "was part of the collection of the Duchess of Kingston. But he bought this painting in the collection of the Palace graphs Chernyshev (GE).

When in St. Petersburg appeared crowned collector - the deposed Polish king, Stanislaw August, the count gets him a sheet D. Teniers "players card" in exchange for the portrait of Cardinal Richelieu brush Shampenya F. (Warsaw, National Museum). After the death of the king on the sale of his collection in 1798, Earl bought the "Types Lazenok" J. Vogel.

In the Gallery of the graph were presented and domestic painters: already referred to a copy of the OS Kiprensky by van deyskovskomu 'The Portrait of Nicolas Rokoksa "(1808), the work of K. Briullov, AG Warneke and others one painting in his" Catalog " Stroganov particularly singled out: it is - "Allegory of Painting" Matveeva (SRM). "This thing is especially dear to me - wrote a graph - as it is - a brush of the first Russian artist who has achieved a certain perfection."

Now half-forgotten landscape painter Baltasar de la Traverse was chosen to complement the introduction to the fatherland of the young Count PA Stroganov in his journey across Russia. In a letter to his son Earl stressed: "I tried and I try to collect objects worthy of your lyuboznaniya entitled" Journey of the painter of Russia. " Perhaps, in time, I'll do a collection of well-known world, so that through a private call your favor in the general. "

Earl wanted to lists of watercolors allowed to submit his son is, "which he himself has not seen." His tutor J. Romm Earl wrote: "I collect all this for the benefit of Popo and dedicate it to him."

The album, which contained hundreds of watercolors and gouaches, performed in 1783-1797, respectively, kept in the Stroganov Palace. Apparently, part of this series is now in the Pushkin Museum, in the collection of I. Zilberstein in Moscow (Museum of Private Collections) and OV Desnitskaya meeting in St. Petersburg.

Stroganov, and creates a valuable sculpture collection. His art gallery was decorated with marble Impending Cupid E. Falcone (sold in 1931 in Berlin). In the meeting was terracotta "Milo of Croton" of the same sculptor. J. Houdon in 1773 the Count orders bust of Catherine II, and in 1778 - busts of Diderot and Voltaire (sold in 1931 in Berlin).

Here's what Stroganov wrote in his "Catalog" on one of his acquisition: "During his stay in Paris, attending to his habit of artists' studios, I found the studio of the famous sculptor Tassara block of marble with a group started, which was supposed to represent Minerva, erected on the ruins of ancient art. I bought it, and instructed the sculptor to finish, with the condition, however, give Minerva resemblance to Catherine II, a medal which I gave him ... Caption (Quaerebat Minervam sculptor, Catarinam invenit - Sculptor looking for Minerva, but I found Catherine - lat. - O.N .) that I ordered the place, seemed good, although it tells only about the history of this monument. "

One of the Russian masters graph patron ordered a repetition of the Vatican bust of Zeus Otrikoliyskogo in a rare and very difficult material - a black basalt. When AG Varnek acted portrait of the graph, this bust was brought to the canvas with a Latin inscription: "Egyptian art revived in St. Petersburg in 1800. Now basalt bust is stored in the Stroganov Palace.

During the Russian naval expedition to the Mediterranean Sea on the island of Chios was made a curious archaeological find - the marble sarcophagus II century with images, dedicated to the hero Achilles. He was brought to St. Petersburg and entered the Stroganov Palace. In describing his art gallery itself Stroganov as the story of the event: "The first Turkish war in 1770, when Russian arms triumphed in the seas, the Russian officer Domashnev, commander of our landing in one of the islands of the Archipelago, brought this to the sarcophagus Russia and gave it to me. At the sight of this monument, I could not help but exclaim: "No monument it Homer?" This phrase has become a pass from mouth to mouth, and without any reason, all concluded that I possess the tomb of Homer. "

At the villa of Count on the Black River architect Voronihin created a romantic bath, adorning the hill this ancient sarcophagus. That's what I wrote about him ANBenois in 1901: "Until now, been neglected garden villas Count Stroganoff saved precious ancient tomb, which no one cares, but which tell us a lot of ridiculous fables: some say it is the tomb of Homer others, that buried her beloved dog count. " Later the coffin was transported to the palace on the Nevsky, and stood there in the courtyard, and since 1930 is in the Hermitage.

Perhaps, it is impossible to cover in a short article or medals of the Renaissance, nor the Egyptian monuments, nor the Russian icons, or masterpieces of applied art from the collections of the Stroganov Palace. We restrict ourselves to several monuments of ancient art. Among the painted vases of genuine pearl is an Attic amphora Wizard V century BC Douris. It appears on the one hand flying goddess of victory Nike, on the other - an athlete-winner with a wreath in his hands (GE).

Among the distinguished figures of bronze of Hercules and Turan-Aphrodite emerging from the Etruscan workshops V century BC, as well as - Isis-Fortuna - sample products of the Roman Age II (GE).

Section terracotta - an impressive early Etruscan portrait - cover Canopic jars VI century BC and a monumental Roman relief depicting heroic deeds of Perseus I century (GE).

Among the carved stones - chalcedony gem pendant on a gold twisted arc IV century BC As print on it is carved the image of the naked warrior hoplites, leaning on one knee and cover the body shield. By Roman Glyptics II century, the bust of the heir Anniya Faith in the form of Bacchic genius. It is carved out of chalcedony as a miniature sculpture and, apparently, served as an ornament of the Roman legion banner (GE).

All these masterpieces of ancient art into the museum in 1926, when the Stroganov museum was transferred to the Hermitage, as its 2-th branch. By the spring of 1930 "Stroganoff house-museum" in general ceased to exist. The greatest damage to the integrity of the artistic ensemble struck the notorious firm "Antiques".


Auction 1930, held abroad, and the masterpieces of the art gallery section between the Hermitage and the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts completed the spraying that was the glory of the Stroganov Palace.

When in May 1931 antique firm Rudolph Molding - House organized an auction with a great title "Stroganov Palace, was the most deplorable consequences. At the auction in Berlin were exhibited 108 paintings by old masters, 52 the subject of rare arts of furniture, 23 sculptures, 4 French XVIII century tapestries etc.

However, the heiress Counts Stroganov Princess OA Shcherbatova (nee Stroganoff), who lived in Paris, protested, thus expressing their right to ownership of the exposed objects, and her nephew, Sergei Sherbatov to the Government of the United States, where they lived, with a request guaranteeing property rights. Consequently, some paintings (including two portraits by Van Deyka) were returned to the Hermitage. Yet many masterpieces Stroganov gallery now adorn museums in Amsterdam, New York and San Diego (USA).
http://www.nasledie-rus.ru/podshivka/6008.php

1.Shkola Rubens. Portrait of Rubens and his son Albert. Oil on canvas. The middle of XVII century. GE
2.F.Solimena. Allegory of the reign. XVII century. Oil on canvas. GE
3.B.Strotstsi. Allegory of the Arts. XVII century. Oil on canvas. GE

[Евгений]

How would you classify the current Russian collectors? Who are these people?

Since 2002, appeared on the market these collectors, then there are people who understand art, love him, meet with artists, participate in their lives, give the purchased work for exhibitions, museums. For them it is part of their lives. And there are many, 30-50 active collectors.

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They are already better off, because when it's the actual number of collectors, art prices rise sharply in times. For example, in Baden, a provincial town, where exhibitions, one in four - a collector. In New York, about ten thousand people earn by selling art - it is only dealers, brokers, lawyers, gallery owners ... And we have 30-50! We have these people carry on my hands! Well, if quite cynically, that there are three groups. The first group - young business leaders who managed to organize your business so that there is a lot of free time. And choosing between football and a host of other hobbies, they chose art. The second group - the wife of rich people who are looking for something to do, the secular component of their lives, they have collected or created any funds, arrange receptions for artists who choose their favorite artist and support him. The third group - the heaviest and most interesting: it is those who had previously collected only the old art collectors whose houses hang on the walls of the real Raphael, Picasso, and which gradually became interested in modern art.

[K-Maler]

Сообщение от uriart

And where you see a good collection of works of art collected by the poor man?

He great, but the meetings are often in the families of artists - from friends, acquaintances, who are also artists and they are usually good, because Painters choose the eyes, not ears, they also see ...

[dedulya37]

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Message from uriart
And where you see a good collection of works of art collected by the poor man?

In 60-ies there was a fashionable movement of enthusiasts, who advocated the so-called "folk" or "village" museums.
This, as a rule, were artists from the periphery, who realized that great art to them in the wilderness will never come, and they are using personal connections, asking artists to donate your capital work for the establishment of such museums.
Our family still have a few letters from these collectors. They in general did a good thing. And many artists have responded to this request.
But who in this wonderful country needs museums, the more rustic??
Some of these museums have no money even to make a normal photo.
Below - two works from such museums.

[uriart]

During the life of an artist Fyodor Reshetnikov presented to the museum of his native village in the Dnipropetrovsk region a number of works
And what happened?
The museum in the provincial outback robbed. They stole many of his works.
And!
They do not need!
I already wrote that in a miserable or destitute condition abide by our museums. And officials from the culture, again, nothing. They have their own seat and warm them enough.
In our city once visited Putin, while still president of Russia.
So. Bureaucratic rat came running and say, remove Ayvazovski with exposure, we'll give him the job.
A former headmistress Lyudmila Tver was a pose and said: "I am only on one condition take off work!
In that case if you would permit me to give it to him very personally! I want to see him in the eye and ask him what he wants? "
And what was the outcome?
She immediately dismissed from his post as director, as the age she was already 60-something. Thank God that they left in the position of scientific secretary. This is a man who gave more than 40 years of museum business.
What more to say?
Nothing. Reforms are needed in the field of museum work.

[dedulya37]

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The reforms are needed in the field of museum

Reforms are needed in the head.

[uriart]

Only those who want reform in the head just thinking about them and are satisfied with what we have.
And they do not need no reform!

[dedulya37]

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satisfied that there is.

There's nothing there, so they are not thinking about reforms.

[uriart]

Usually sitting in the offices of bureaucratic wife or their close relatives. Such bureaucratic plankton.
They come to work. Drink kofe.Govoryat by telephone. They write papers. Shift bumazhki.Obedayut.
Drink kofe.Pishut papers. They go to the toilet. Embellish their faces. Waiting for the end of the call.
And really from them will get you nowhere!