Leonid Komskyi (born 16 July 1964, Irpin, Kyiv region, USSR) is a Ukrainian gallery owner and collector. He founded Ducat Auction House and served as President of the Guild of Antiquaries of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Career

Komskyi founded Ducat Auction House in 2008. The main emphasis is the art of the first half of the 20th century, the domestic unofficial art of the 1950-1990s and

modern art Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...

. In 2016, Ducat presented Ukraine’s first-ever second-hand book auction, "Ukrainian Book". 3-4% of the lots are the works of young artists. The paintings of such masters as Matvii Vaisberh, Pavlo Makov, Oleksandr Zhyvotkov, Oleksandr Roitburd are mostly exhibited. Rare Ukrainian books, maps, documents and graphics are exhibited in the gallery. In particular, alongside "The Ukrainian Book" auction, the lifetime edition of the "Aeneid" of Kotliarevsky and the works of

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian p ...

were exhibited. According to Komskyi, art lovers used to buy paintings of Russian classics, while Ukrainian art is becoming increasingly popular. Komskyi is the publisher of the ''Antiquary'' magazine. In May 2015, the Department of the State Register of the Main Territorial Department of Justice in Kyiv seized this property. Other Komskyi property was seized, including an apartment with a mortgage of $2 million, funded by Russia's Alfa Bank. In 2018, he participated in the Real Proof project, helping activists to seize a house on 8B Reitarska Street, and was accused of raiding.

Connections

Komskyi was associated with the former Deputy Prime Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk. He acted as an intermediary in the resale of valuable paintings and early printed books. Komskyi is listed as a

beneficiary A beneficiary (also, in trust law, '' cestui que use'') in the broadest sense is a natural person or other legal entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor. For example, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person ...

of "Olivin +" LLC,"Olivin +" LLC
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References

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