Examination of works of Russian and foreign painting and graphics XVI-XX centuries.

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funny thing is that from all kinds of control over the antique market Ministry of Culture chose the path of exit from the market and reduce their influence

All right, it's time to go ..

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Who knows what kind of slang?

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Magazine "Antiques» № 1 (50) January-February 2011

«Today, the situation with the expertise caused even more damage than theft»

    - Says Vladimir Roshchin, co-director of the project and the publisher of the directory "Attention, the search", "Catalogue of counterfeit works of art" by the film "Errors or fraud."
   
- In addition to the catalog search, you are engaged edition of the Catalogue of counterfeit works of art. "

   - Yes, there is another very important issue, where things are no better than in the case of theft. This examination of cultural values. Recent years, both Russia and auctions worldwide swept the flow of counterfeit works of Russian artists. This is a very expensive pictures and first names - Aivazovsky, Bogolyubov, Lagorio ... With the growth of the market and prices for these works has increased and the number of fakes. Many of them were given expert advice of state institutions - the Tretyakov Gallery, All-Russian Scientific and Restoration Center to them. Grabar, and others. Issued for alleged masterpieces of Russian artists. When it has passed every conceivable border and poured complaints from collectors, Rosokhrankultura decided to publish catalogs of fakes. This was a willful decision, because, as you know, forgery related to a lot of money and powerful people who have suffered in this situation. In the period 2007-2009. Rosokhrankultura publishes five directories were forgeries of paintings, which published more than a thousand pictures "pseudo-Russian" artists. These publications revealed the facts of the issue of expert opinions on the fakes. After the release of directory Tretyakov Gallery, acknowledged his mistakes, the museum has occurred personnel changes and with the advent of the new Director of the situation there has changed dramatically for the better.

- Catalogs were ambiguously perceived Russian antiques community and caused much controversy. They were even nicknamed "Black Book".

   - All central television channels announced the release of the directory, all the newspapers wrote about them, not once, offering collectors to check their collections. However, after the directories to hit us so much negativity and discontent, as if the sky fell to earth. Opposed many art dealers. What only a fable they concocted. At the same time I know that the bulk of Russian art dealers - decent people who simply engaged in such a peculiar business. I understand them, they are hostages of the situation, he had to give money, although the wine-it was not them, but experts have recognized the fake stuff. Art dealers were in a hopeless situation. But as in any profession, there are scoundrels for whom the appearance of the directory was a blow. It was they who were instigators. In addition, leading officials opposed. I was amazed that the Ministry of Culture, there are people who opposed the release directory. Imagine that the Criminal Investigation Department of print ads about the criminals who are wanted, and someone from the senior Interior Ministry against it! Here and here: Rosokhrankultura trying to suspend the shaft and to prevent forgeries fool the people, and some leading officials - against. It seems to me, and so it is understandable why. but there were people who fully endorses the release of directory fakes. One of the largest collectors in Russia Pyotr Aven spoke sharply about what is happening does not fit into any frame, Institute of expertise simply does not work, and some experts have long time to go to jail. "I think that we should not hesitate to name names - he said in an interview published in the third part of the catalog imitations. - These experts or THG Valyaeva Lomize. They are very few people trust. There are people like critic Svetlana Jafarova, it's really professional and knowledgeable woman, deliberately embarked on the path of selling fakes. " In the catalog, incidentally, published work, which bought the other major collectors and investors - Viktor Vekselberg, for three million dollars. Now, because of this work, he is suing the auction house Christie's. So I'm all collectors of Russian art call to check their collections.

- Who, in your opinion, is to blame in this situation?

    - Experts and dishonest art dealers, who I know from private conversations, pay huge money for the confirmation of a particular subject. It is said that this sum comes to one-third the market value of the work. yet such dealer unit, but experts - is a real evil. When I started with this problem were interviewed hundreds of collectors and art dealers, and many of them were cheated. as a result of the collections had settled a large number of "bullshit". Why is this happening? None of these experts, who would not be wrong. But somebody makes a mistake out of ignorance, and someone - intentionally, for the money, knowing that they are for it will be nothing. When the experts to put before the fact, and show where they "made a mistake»,what do you think they respond? "Oh, yes, sorry, we were wrong." And who will be liable for millions in damages? The legislation in this area was not ready, and many skillfully use it. obtained as follows: to confirm anything you want, take the money (both formally and informally), and even if you ulichat, any penalties still will not, because to prosecute an expert can only be achieved when there is evidence that he intentionally took the money. But how does this prove? Only if he himself admits - which, of course, never will be. I'm no longer a profession do not know: you get money and do not bear any responsibility.

- How to change this situation? What do you see?

     - First of all, to prohibit commercial experts to give opinion on behalf of the state. Let them give as individuals themselves bear the responsibility. This would deprive them of opportunities to manipulate the public name and take bribes, and the Ministry of Culture will save from litigation. The first steps in this direction have already been made: museums prohibited to issue expert opinions. But one moment in the Ministry of Culture just missed out: is the center of them. Grabar (officially it's not a museum) turned into a monopoly in the area of expertise. When there are illegal things happen, resigned from the Centre, many highly qualified experts. And I do not think there is, except the conclusions of the three experts - Love Gelenek, Irina Gerashchenko and Natalya Ignatova - anybody else's expertise can be claimed. Secondly, in addition to personal responsibility, in my opinion, requires the joint center, the commission or an association of experts. So it was impossible to give someone a bribe to review issued is not closed, as is often done, and after the debate, discussion papers, - that, indeed, is a scientific examination. And today, expertise - this clan fighting, the elucidation of the relationship between financial groups who are fighting for customers, for influence. I hope the Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeev, although, of course, he can not know all the details of the case, especially concerning the expert manipulation. I think that it is likely to wrongly informed, because it is difficult to believe that the minister of culture, knowing what was happening, took no action. Today, the situation with the expertise caused even more damage than theft.

- I know that you made a film, which told about this whole situation with the experts.
    - Yes, the movie is called "Errors or fraud." It is based on real events and tells how to unintentional errors experts and about corruption and cynicism of some of them.

- your last project on this topic become guide "Russian experts on cultural values." Tell me more about it.
     
     - This publication contains the names of those people whose opinion the most authoritative in the field of expertise. First of all, it is important for novice collectors, who while not familiar with Russian antiques market. We do not claim that our list is final and not subject to additions or changes, although it is quite objective. When it is used in the preparation of two major sources: the analysis of expert opinions on cultural values, issued in recent years by Russian experts in different fields of art (and they have passed through my hands a few thousand), and a survey among the biggest collectors of Russian domestic and West European Art. I think this edition was a worthy result of my years of work.

Read the full article>>directory" Attention, wanted »http://antikvar.ua/publications/1822

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Tell me please, how to authoritative experts can be accessed on the expertise in Kiev?
And as I find them?
Need an expert on Russian, Ukrainian art at 19-20.

Thank

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Advice please, to some authoritative experts can apply for examination in Kiev?

Here are a few discussed http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showthread.php?t=48161

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     Just in these days in the main building of the Pushkin Museum Pushkin exhibition "Art of Northern Gothic and Renaissance. Painting, sculpture, art furniture from the collection of M. E. Perchenko (Moscow) "(about the exhibition, see here, photo essay Online AI, see here ). That's what would have to talk with an authoritative collector, gallery owner, "Old Masters". But service is service. And to Michael Efremovich Perchenko - President of the Guild of Appraisers at International Confederation of antique and art dealers ARTinvestment.RU came with a set of far more utilitarian issues.
 

M. E. Perchenko - President of the Guild of Appraisers at the International Confederation of antique and
           art dealers. Photo: Konstantin Babulin, AI
               

 ARTinverstment.RU: Efremovich Michael, we congratulate you with an important exhibition. But we're on another occasion. Back in 2009 it was announced on the organization of professional appraisers guild MKAAD. Then for a long time - silence. What is the situation?
 Michael Perchenko: We got the documents to the Guild of Appraisers as a legal entity until November 2010. Too long we have not made out the registration. But now we have already started work and completed the first orders.
 AI: Assessment, of course, can only be done on the proven thing. Whose examination of authenticity you accept?
 M. P.: We have a very strict approach. That the Ministry of Culture registered 875 experts, but we accept only thirty (referring to a list of accredited experts MKAAD. - AI.). We accept the expertise of specialists, registered MKAAD, appreciate the work and issue paper.
 AI: Who among specialists is now part of the Guild of Appraisers in MKAAD?

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M. P.: While we have only three: I, as president and two of my vice president. In Moscow - Oleg Tairov and St. Petersburg - Mikhail Suslov. Soon at a general meeting will be reviewed three dozen applications. After all, we can bring to the evaluation of all the experts of the Confederation of antique and art dealers, all 30 people. They are, as you know, are registered in groups. I, for example, an expert on old masters. Evaluation of the old masters made me and Adrian Melnikov. If you came with a Russian academic art, then give the assessment of Mikhail Suslov, or call Oleg Tairov. If you brought a Western European paintings of the XIX century - this is again to Andriana Melnikov. Experts in their field are both valuers. If they are not museum workers, of course.
 AI: the issuance of a document Guild appraisers MKAAD finalizing the product?
 M. P.: Now we issue a document that is not called assessment, and analysis of the market price of the product . The reason is that while we are not accredited as assessors in the Chamber of Commerce in a guild of appraisers. That's when we akkredituemsya at large guild, then we have the right to call the document issued by assessment.
 AI: And what prevents to take shape as a professional guild?
 M. P.: According to the rules in order to register a guild of specialized professional appraisers must be composed of 300 members. And how do I get them? You can rely on experts MKAAD, but also far from 300. We are now hatching plans to join the architects and designers - they were allowed to have in the guild of appraisers at least 50 members.
 AI: How assess issues ART CONSULTING, if no place to get 300 members to form a guild?
 M. P.: They also issued a document which is not called assessment, but is its own form of acknowledgment of the market price.
 AI: Is not there then the problems with insurance or a loan secured by people who agree to this form of the document?
 M. P.: «AlfaStrakhovanie takes assess the Guild for the insurance of art. Alfa-Bank, under our document may issue a credit. Generally, insurance behind us two powerful partnership structure - AlfaStrakhovanie and Rostra (which is Adviser to Director General Adrian Melnikov).
 AI: Do you require a document certifying that the person presenting the work of the assessment is its owner?
 M. P.: Strictly speaking, do not ask. We can say we believe in the word. We believe that the owner in whose name issued an expert opinion on the authenticity. Also, some galleries give their certificates in the name of the buyer. And then a thing of the insurance company. She accepts our documents and she knows how she continue to approach this issue.
 AI: It turns out that under the thing with your document on the price you can get credit (Alfa Bank) and to insure the product (at least in AlfaStrakhovanie and Rostra), right?
 M. P.: Yes.
 AI: A loan is issued for the full amount of assessments?
 M. P.: No, with a discount of about 40 percent. It is common practice.
 AI: Evil tongues say that your status laid a conflict of interest: they assess themselves as selling. In some cases, are tempted to inflate the price. How to overcome this conflict?
 M. P.: Throughout the world, so. Who else can do the assessment as not a man, every day, dealing with sales? But the situation with inflated prices is virtually impossible. The calculation is done according to the formula, and we are not going to meet anyone - nor those of others, nor their own. Estimated specific thing - for databases, as, using the formula of Solomon, etc. In addition, we also laid a discount to assess how the world: from the price formula is standard dropped 20 percent.
 AI: And how long do you issue a document about the price?
 M. P.: Validity of the document - 10 years. But we should understand that we assess on a particular date. And for ten years will change significantly. Exit - to re-apply for assessment at a time when it is needed.
 AI: Your are not coordinate on the Internet. And how do people find you?
 M. P.: I think this month will open the site. Until - yes, word of mouth works. Treatment clients registered on the phone: 8 (499) 238-22-39. So that everybody can handle. And we can arrange for examination and works of art, if a person has come to assess the painting without a conclusion.
 AI: How much does the Guild of Valuers and how long does an order?
 M. P.: The service is by definition the market price is from $ 500 per item. The exact figure depends not on the value of the product and the complexity of the case. This, of course, without the cost of the examination. Experts determine the authorship and authenticity, take from $ 1 000 to 3 000 euros. By the time of assessment usually takes no more than 10 days.
 AI: It is now in demand service evaluation? What is the approximate capacity of this market? It is known also that the first Russian art collectors are not fond of insuring their collections.
 M. P.: They did not, including because in the past had difficulties with their assessment, accepted by insurance companies. Since November, we have evaluated two large collections of 200 paintings. For the purpose of insurance. We already know ten people who are going to insure their collections, and collection of the most serious. Naturally, we not only undertake the collection, but also do custom orders - the assessment of one painting. In general, the market potential - up to 100 large collections, many of which are still secret.
 AI: The Secret? This is when the owners - the officials or gangsters?
 M. P.: No, the bandits do not collect art. They prefer things more clear: gold and diamonds.
 AI: How is the evaluation procedure itself?
 M. P.: Validator visits the house, or bring him to Moscow, the picture (for example, in a special storage room in the CHA, which is based MKAAD). The specialist makes the assessment. Then he is going to rule the Guild, which we consider the evaluation document and decide whether to put his signature. On the board is reviewed and the technology on which to make assessments. Surprisingly, an intuitive assessment of experts may differ from that calculated by formula to 10 per cent - so have a trained eye. In the appraisal report is written that the assessment was carried out according to the formula, but for some formula - not listed. In the final, the client receives an assessment folder (which includes his expert advice, the pictures in different modes and a document on determining the price).
 AI: If a company gives the clients a higher rating than its competitors, then all customers will flee to more "good" appraiser. How to cope with it?
 M. P.: But if they then not be able to close and sell or get under a "generous" assessment of the credit, then they go back to a more honest appraiser. Just when the assessment is incorrect, then the bank to double-check and not give a loan against such work.
 AI: Exactly, the banks certainly double-check. We even know some of the banks, which are subscribers of the database of auction results ARTinvestment.RU.
 M. P.: We give a real assessment of the selling, that is, determine for how much money a person can actually sell the work at the current time.
 AI: It turns out that the fair be profitable?
 M. P.: Absolutely.
  Questions asked Constantine Babulin, AI and Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

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Recommend for the attribution of creativity Falk, RR and just a very interesting read. (EA)
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RR Falk. Conversations about art. Letters. Memories of the artist
Publisher: Moscow: Soviet Artist
Binding: soft, 256 pages, 1981
This edition includes the artist's autobiography, recording interviews, lessons and sayings, RR Falk's about art, letters, memories of the Falke SA Chuikov, LA Litvinenko, RV Idelson, AM Kogan, TL Selvinsky, MT Khazanov, Ilya Erinburga, AV Shchekin-Krotov, AM Tsuzmera, V. Shitova, a list of exhibitions where works were exhibited, RR Falk, directories of solo exhibitions.
Drawing and Note Angelina Vasilevny Shchekin-Krotov.
132 color and black-and-white illustrations. Circulation 18,000

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A team of scientists found the cause of dull yellow color in the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, informs BBC News referring to the scientific articles published in zhurnale Analytical Chemistry. It turned out that the paint is fading due to chemical reaction, the existence of which was not previously known.
Scientists led by Cohen Janssens from the University of Antwerp, conducted research at the European Synchrotron Radiation (ESRF), one of the world's leading institutions for the study of the structure of matter. Taking the two paintings by Van Gogh - "Seine" 1887 and "View of Arles with Irises" in 1888 - they studied used by the artist paints by X-ray spektromikroskopii.

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In the end, they managed to figure out what color fading due to chemical reaction that leads to the recovery of chromium. The fact that the basis of yellow paint, which was used by Van Gogh, was lead chromate PbCrO4, through which the artist received a very bright yellow color, consistent with its intentions.

Under ultraviolet light the top layer of paint in the pictures is reacted with an oil-based paints, resulting in chrome was restored so that the degree of oxidation varied from six to three. Along with her varied and color.

Scientists have also discovered why the yellow color darkens not at all Impressionist paintings, which are used to produce bright yellow lead chromate. (For example, in the paintings of Gauguin's Yellow retains its properties.) Found that to lighten the color, Van Gogh was added to the paint barium sulfate, which is required for flow of discoveries by scientists of the reaction.

According to Janssens, to prevent discoloration of the paintings by Van Gogh, should not expose them to ultraviolet rays, as well as to keep the premises with a relatively low temperature, since the higher the temperature, the faster the reaction. The scientist added that he and his team hope to find a way to bring color in paintings by Van Gogh to their original color.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...d-2215063.html

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NINE behalf PM Tretyakov - an independent expert institution which carries out a comprehensive examination of works of art and antiques, in accordance with Russian and international standards and requirements.
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Gorshman Alexander
                                                                                                               Sarabyanov Dmitry
                                                                                                               Sorokaty Nikolay

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                                                                                                               Apchinskaya Natalia V.
                                                                                                               Atroshchenko Olga D.
                                                                                                               Waqar Irina
                                                                                                               Vendelshteyn Tatyana
                                                                                                               Volyak Dina V.
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                                                                                                               Goryachev Tatiana P.
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                                                                                                               Gusarov Alla Pavlovna
                                                                                                               Didenko, Julia V.
                                                                                                               Ermakova Tatiana
                                                                                                               Zakharenkova Lyubov Ivanovna
                                                                                                               Ignatova Natalya
                                                                                                               Karpova Tatiana
                                                                                                               Kim Elena
                                                                                                               Kovalenko, George F.
                                                                                                               Levina Tatyana
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                                                                                                               Ilyukhin Eugene A.
                                                                                                               Nina Markova Kirillovna
                                                                                                               Silaev Valery S.
                                                                                                               Thorstensen Lidia
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From site ARTinvestment.RU thank you very much Julia Maximova.
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As newspaper The Art Newspaper, the most authoritative catalog of original paintings by Rembrandt, published under the auspices of the Research Project Rembrandt »(The Rembrandt Research Project), will not be completed. Released in October last year, the fifth volume (Springer Publishing, 1200 euros), thus became the last. Planned to make one more volume, but the head of the project, the 72-year-old art historian Ernst van de Wetering (Ernst van de Wetering) said that to work on another 800-page folio he's too old. In addition, losing in 1998, his main sponsor - the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research in recent years, the project experienced difficulties with financing.
The research project "Rembrandt" was launched in 1968, while Van de Wetering was the youngest participant. Initially it was assumed that the compilation "Corps of paintings by Rembrandt" will take about ten years, however, as we see, the plan was too optimistic. Scientists aim was simple: to explore all atributiruemye Rembrandt paintings by the most advanced scientific methods and to separate the scripts from the works of students and followers. Catalogue of 1935, authored by a leading expert on Rembrandt the first half of the twentieth century, Abraham Bredius (Abraham Bredius), consisted of 613 paintings, by the beginning of 1960 this figure began to seem too high, specialists: most knowledgeable people converged in the opinion that it is quite can be cut in half. Participants in the research project "Rembrandt" approached the matter with the utmost severity: it was expected that the final version of the catalog will include a minimum of 250 paintings.

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The output of the first three volumes (1982, 1986 and 1989) has provoked a real crisis in rembrandtovedenii: the authentication was denied over a hundred paintings, including works were owned by leading museums and private collectors. By early 1990, a rift in the group: Van de Wetering believed to carry the title of authentic worth more products. In 1993, the conflict reached its climax, and four other researchers announced their withdrawal from the team. Now, along with Van de Wetering work other experts.

Since the group is led by Van de Wetering, Rembrandt, the number of originals has increased significantly. In the news now do not write about "the fall from the pedestal of" masterpieces, deprived of their right to be called original, and the replenishment of the heritage of a great artist. Not so long ago, for example, were considered authentic self-portrait in 1628, sold in 2008 at auction Cirencester, as well as painting "Tobias and his wife" (1659), stored in the Rotterdam Museum Boijmans van and Beyningena.

According to the scientist, the originals can be ascribed to call about 320 master paintings, 240 of whom (plus 162 doubtful works) have been described in detail in the previous five volumes of "Shells". Remains approximately 80 works that were to enter into the last volume. Van de Wetering and his colleagues will prepare a separate directory that lists all original, previously unpublished in the "Corps" blade will provide more detailed descriptions. It is expected that work on this list will be completed by the end of 2011.

When Van de Wetering pictures in the catalogs are not grouped chronologically and thematically. The first three volumes contain information about the works of all genres that have emerged in the period from 1625 to 1642, while the fourth volume is devoted exclusively to self-portraits, while the fifth - small paintings on historical themes. In the sixth should have been listed were created after the 1642 portrait, Stude heads ("throne"), large-scale historical paintings and landscapes.

In 2009, most of the archives of the Research Project "Rembrandt" was translated into Dutch Institute for Art History (The Hague). According to the website facilities, access to materials while closed. Says an independent expert Gary Schwartz (Gary Schwartz), «do not understand why researchers still can not use the archive, compiled with 1960 and a very expensive cost the taxpayers." The scientific community has enthusiastically greeted the publication of five volumes of the Corps, but too cumbersome catalog (4000 pages) and inconvenient to use, as well as the dizzyingly expensive (8000 dollars!)

Materials Research Project will be available within the database works by Rembrandt (http://www.rembrandtdatabase.org), is working on the Dutch Institute for Art History and The Hague Mauritshuis Museum (sponsor - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York). Now we are collecting information on 19 works of the artist, located in The Hague, New York, London, Paris and Dresden.

Known "controversial" paintings by Rembrandt

"Man in the Golden Helmet", Art Gallery, Berlin

This work has long been considered one of the best from the master, but that II «Ward lowered her status - now the picture is exhibited as a creation of the artist's circle of Rembrandt.

"The Polish Rider," Frick Collection, New York

Former member of the Research Project Rembrandt Yeosu Brain (Josua Bruyn) denied the authenticity of the picture, but experts museum of his arguments do not convince. Later, Van de Wetering has classified it as a work of Rembrandt, some elements of which were appended by other artists.

"Self-Portrait in a flat hat," The Royal Collection, UK

In 1982, the curator of the Royal Collection, Christopher White (Christopher White) said that this self-portrait is an imitation, and dates from XVIII century. However, that V «Ward says that the picture is genuine.

"Laughing Man", Mauritshuis, The Hague

Here, Van de Wetering again refutes the conclusion of his senior colleagues, decided that the work is not authentic (Vol. II). Two volumes later, the scientist has restored it to the status of the original Rembrandt.

The material was prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: theartnewspaper.com, artinvestment.ru