In the early 2000s, Viatcheslav Kantor ($2.5 billion fortune) bought the painting "Self Portrait With Muse (Dream)" by Marc Chagall. It is assumed that the businessman from Russia could pay about $30 million for this piece of art.
The chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa Bank Petr Aven ($4.6 billion fortune) found the painting by Wassily Kandinsky - "Sketch for improvisation №8» - to his taste. The businessman bought it in 2012 at Christie's auction for a record sum for the artist's paintings of $23 million.
The businessman Alexander Smuzikov ($0.6 billion fortune) is the owner of the painting by Kazimir Malevich "Rectangle and circle." Experts believe that the Russian paid about $10 million for this canvas.
There are also paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir in the private collections of the Russian businessmen. For example, Viktor Vekselberg ($10.5 billion fortune) in 2009 bought the painting "Church of the Holy Trinity" by the artist's brush. It is assumed that the businessman paid for it about $5 million.
The Russian businessmen also like the Soviet artists - in 2014 Alexey Ananiev ($1 billion fortune) bought the painting of George Nyssa "Over the snow" at Sotheby's auction. The businessman paid for the painting a sum, which was three times higher than the estimate.
In 2013, the businessman Boris Mints ($1.2 billion fortune) became the owner of the painting by Boris Kustodiev "Venice". The canvas went under the hammer at MacDougall's auction for more than $1 million.
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