ARTIST: Violetta Chandler (Ukranian, Florida, born 1965)
TITLE: Dress Rehearsal - Sarasota Ballet (titled on verso)
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 36 x 30 inches / 91 x 76 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower right and on verso
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Luxuriant color, solid drawing and composition, ethereal light and physical movement in light, combined with a refined sensitivity to landscape, and still life painting and portraiture, characterizes the oeuvre of Violetta Chandler.Violetta Chandler, fifth generation artist, was born on November 26, 1965, near Odessa, Ukraine, on the Black Sea. At the age of ten, Violetta was accepted at the Junior School of Art, where she studied for four years. Then she continued her education at the Repin College of Arts and Odessa State Institute from which Violetta graduated with honors and received her Masters degree in Fine Arts and Teaching in 1992. Her professors are famous, trained at St. Petersburg Russian Academy of Art.In 1995 Violetta, with both of her parents, her daughter and family moved to Sarasota, Florida, where she continued painting and exhibiting her work. Soon, Violetta accepted the position of teaching oil painting at the Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, and St. Petersburg College. Her work includes, but not limited to, landscapes, portraits, custom murals, and live event paintings. Violetta does commissions of her work as well as teaches workshops and private classes for all ages.As an original member of Plein Aire Cottage Artists, she was awarded in May of 2007 the Florida Preservation Award for Historic Preservation. She has also participated in several solo and group exhibitions, including Florence Biennale, Italy; Dungarvan, Ireland; Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida; Cornell Museum of Art, Del Ray Beach, Florida; Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida; St. Petersburg Museum of History Solo Exhibition and the Capitol Meeting Room in Tallahassee.In December, 2007, she received a life time invitation to participate in the International Juried Exhibition Florence Biennale, Italy. Violetta's works of art are internationally collected by private collectors and awarded in many exhibitions. Her paintings have been featured in magazines and publications internationally. Violetta is a member of the Fine Art Society of Sarasota which provides many scholarships to art students to continue their education. Also, she is a Judge and Advisor for the National Society of Arts and Letters.Most recently, Violetta is being featured in a PBS documentary following her Plein Aire painting in Florida and France and her work in historical preservation with her students. The documentary, "Save Our Cottages - Artists with a Cause" aired in Spring of 2018.