Schilderijen verzamelen in de Sovjet-Unie: over de collectie Paleëv

Abstract

Collecting art was a highly unusual hobby in the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, several famous private collections were built up. One of these is the Petersburg Paleev collection. The special thing about this collection is that it is still completely complete and has hung unchanged on the walls of the apartment of the Paleev family for more than fifty years. This also makes the collection unique as an image of the time. In Saint Petersburg, Shifra Herschberg spoke with Vladimir Paleëv (1935) about the family history, the collection and the painters who visited the family in the 1950s and 60s. The result is an intimate glimpse into the art of collecting in the former Soviet Union. Sjifra Herschberg is a Slavist, journalist and writer. She studied Russian Literature with Karel van het Reve and lived in Russia for a long time, where she worked for De Volkskrant, NOS and Vrij Nederland, among others.