In October 2010 the Ministry of Justice registered Fund for Protection of the creative legacy of the artist Alexander Labasa (Labas Foundation). In December opened Foundation site

Alexander Labas Self-portrait with a brush
1978. Canvas, oil on board. Collection O. Beskin, Labas

In October 2010 the Ministry of Justice registered Fund for Protection of the creative legacy of the artist Alexander Labasa (Labas Foundation). The fund was established with the participation of the heiress of copyright artist Olga Beskin, Labas. As the Fund is the main part of the creative heritage of Alexander Labasa: paintings and drawings 1920-80's, archival material, sketches, sketches, working notebooks, manuscripts and documents. The Foundation has an inventory of works by Alexander Labasa showing the name, technology and size of work.

purpose of the fund - the scientific study and promotion of creativity Alexander Labasa. The Foundation plans to participate in the organization of exhibitions the artist, books, catalogs, brochures.

the fund created an expert group, which on the basis of archival material, technological and artistic expertise, as well as the conclusion of the heiress, O . Beskin, Labas, with a document the authenticity of works by Alexander Labasa. This document is the final in deciding the question of the authenticity of works.

Board of Trustees :

Avtonomova N. B . - art historian, Head of the Department of personal collections of the Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin;

Balashov AV - art historian;

Beskin, Labas OM - heiress copyright A. Labas, Chairman of the Board of Trustees;

Butorina EI - art historian;

divines NG - art historian , Head of the State Tretyakov Gallery exhibitions;

Ermakova TA - art historian, head of the department of painting of the twentieth century, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the expert of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation;

Kamensky, MA - art historian;

Lebedev SL - Artist, Head of Laboratory of Fine Arts Moscow State University. MV Lomonosov Moscow State University;

Loshak MD - art historian, gallery PROUNI;

Mihienko TN - art historian , expert, senior fellow at the State Tretyakov Gallery;

Molchanov ML - art historian, gallery "Elysium»;

Petrova E . N. - art historian, deputy director of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg;

Khmelnytsky LV - art historian, museum director Marc Chagall in Vitebsk, Belarus;

Chernov, AA - a journalist who specializes in public relations.

Fund for Protection of the creative legacy of the artist Alexander Labasa (Labas Foundation) : http://labasfond.ru/; Source : labasfond.ru