‘Surviving War and Peace: The Long Road to Recovering the Malevich Paintings’, The Journal of Art Crime, Spring 2009

Articles
Resource theme: 
Traffic of works of art, antiques, ancient documents and natural specimens
Law enforcement control & Investigation
Resource type: 
Bibliography - Articles
Author: 
SPIEGLER Howard
Editor: 
Journal of Art Crime
Date: 
2009
Pages / Length: 
pp. 3-8
Language of publication: 
English

In 1927, Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, the father of “Suprematism”, considered the first systematic school of abstract painting in modern art, traveled to Poland and Germany with over 100 artworks in order to promote his radical artistic theories and non-objective painting in Europe. After exhibiting the works there, Malevich was called back to the Soviet Union and left his artworks in Germany with friends for safekeeping until his eventual return to the West. Malevich died without ever being able to return to Germany to pick up his artworks. After an epic struggle, 81 years later, his heirs were able to right the historical wrong and recover five significant artworks from the city of Amsterdam.