Portfolio: Private Residence

This is a series of photographs featuring art work that ArtFinders suggested, framed and placed for a private residence. This first painting by Luzanquis was perfect for over the Arts and Crafts buffet in their dining room.

This next painting is a crisp and colorful Mediterranean scene by the artist Hajto. The painting is so inviting and your eye travels up those steps to the cafe or strolls along the waterfront.

These two gems are detailed paintings of charming European village windows by Dvornik. In addition to being beautiful works of art, they look so wonderful in this room. Sometimes the right art work completes a room like the missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. That was certainly the case with these.

These are another set of two small but majestic autumn landscapes by Munoz. We were pleased that the homeowners chose to stack intriguing sets of two in these tall vertical spaces as seen above and below instead of going with the expected long vertical painting in each spot.
Above the set of two landscapes is another larger landscape by Munoz hung across from the staircase above the second storey entryway. The homeowners will enjoy a lovely continuity of view afforded by having three landscapes by the same artist in the entryway. The atmosphere created by these majestic, warm landscapes is a great way to welcome visitors and set a comfortable mood for the rest of the home.

What a comfortable and beautiful home!

Dvornik a.k.a. Iouri Khamitov

Biography: Iouri Khamitov, nom de plume Yuri Dvornik, was born in 1947 in Vladikavkaz City, Russia. He attended the Moscow School of Art to study painting and art restoration. He worked as a restorer for a time "giving new life to old paintings." He also trained as an architectural designer. Dvornik's paintings are realistic in style and yet idealist in subject matter. There is no political struggle or turmoil illustrated in these paintings, only the serene streets themselves.

In 1976, he became a member of the Union of Russian Artists, the famed Soviet sponsorship that was highly sought after during the Soviet rule. Because of his opposition to the political system of the Soviet Union at the time, the KGB cancelled his membership and he was forced into artistic seclusion for 16 years. He was unable to show his paintings in any of the sponsored exhibitions.

To help support himself through this hardship he became a street cleaner in the streets of Moscow. He continued to paint using the new found pen name Dvornik, which in Russia means street cleaner. He used his experience as a street worker to create his new style and subject matter. The sunwashed streets themselves. Through the cleansing of his canvases and his identity, Dvornik's career began anew. He started selling his paintings and organizing shows in Izmalov Park. As perestroyka set in Dvornik became more involved with promoting shows to benefit the victims of Chernobyl and handicapped children throughout Russia. He has since had exhibitions of his work throughout Europe and in Greece.

Since his arrival in the United States, several galleries have sponsored this outstanding artist. This exposure has fostered the creation of an international private collector base. Dvornik has had solo shows in New York, the first in 1996. His shows have been well received by his ever growing audience.

Iannicelli, Antonio

Above: "Positano" by Antonio Iannicelli, 39" V x 78" H, oil on canvas.

Biography--Born in Naples in 1952, Iannicelli lives and works in Castelvoltumo. As a boy, he showed a great inclination for painting and he cultivated it with love, taking the heaven, the sea and the people of Naples, as his teachers. He has staged about twenty personal showings in Italy and abroad and has participated almost uninterruptedly in the highest national art expositions. Winning numerous awards and prizes, Iannicelli's work is gaining admiration in Italy and beyond its national bounds into the United States and France. He excels, above all, in coastal Venetian views and landscapes, where he manages to render unusual aspects with expressive immediateness. Stylistically, his works reveal influence of the old Italian masters, but also portray his instinctive likeness to post-impressionists such as Cezanne. As a result, his works yield both classical subjects covered by the bold color schemes and lighting of a more modern era.