The Agency for Search and Asset Management (ARMA) sold 70 paintings from the collection of former deputy Viktor Medvedchuk, including an amber portrait of Medvedchuk himself. About this reported Andriy Pozniak, adviser to the ARMA chairman.
The amber portrait was sold for 6,009 hryvnias, which exceeded the starting price of 5,225 hryvnias. Despite this, the portrait turned out to be one of the cheapest lots in the collection. Proceeds from the sale of paintings will be used to support Ukraine’s economy and defense capabilities.
Among the arrested art objects from Viktor Medvedchuk’s collection, along with portraits of dubious artistic value, there are truly valuable works. In particular, three paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky. The collection also features works by the Ukrainian painter Volodymyr Orlovsky, the Russian impressionist Konstantin Korovin and the Ukrainian realist painter of the 19th century Konstantin Kryzhitskyi.
An important part of the collection consists of works by representatives of the Transcarpathian Art School, including works by Adalbert Erdely, Josyp Bokshay, and Zoltan Scholtes. Currently, all these works are stored in the National Art Museum of Ukraine.
Medvedchuk’s collection consists of 285 paintings, which are divided into two categories: 149 canvases are recognized as cultural heritage and valued as valuable, while the remaining 136 paintings have a total value of about 4 million hryvnias.
