George Costakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Κωστάκης, 5 July 1913-1990) by chance discovered some constructivist paintings in a Moscow studio in 1946, and he went on to search for the revolutionary art which might otherwise have been lost to the world.
George Costakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Κωστάκης, 5 July 1913-1990) was a Russian art collector whose collection became the most representative body of Modern Russian avant-garde art anywhere. Costakis by chance discovered some constructivist paintings in a Moscow studio in 1946, and he went on to search for the revolutionary art which might otherwise have been lost to the world.