About Atlantis Fine Arts

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040467f1ermwup.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Atlantis Fine Arts </B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atlantis Fine Arts "><U><B>home</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >                                                                                                                               </FONT><B>E-mail Your Requests to </B><A HREF="mailto:atlantisfinearts@gmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:atlantisfinearts@gmail.com"><U><B>AtlantisFineArts@gmail.com</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT></div> <div> back to<B>  </B>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#999980" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atlantis Fine Arts "><U>Atlantis Fine Arts </U></A></div> <div> <B>About Atlantis Fine Arts</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id277.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Artists"><U>Artists</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handcrafted jewelry"><U>Hand-crafted jewelry</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=415 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>ATLANTIS FINE ART</B></div> <div> 594 9th Street South</div> <div> Naples, Fl. 34102</div> <div> (239) 220-7503</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="830" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 351 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15a9753d0.jpg" border=0 width="373" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Vadim Kozhevnikov</div> <div> "Post Office"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="439"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Century Gothic" ><I>.</I></FONT><I>.</I><I>. I have deep admiration for the few dealers that carry Russian art. Deep connections, intense work, and a willingness to navigate convoluted government bureaucracy are all required to bring these works to foreign soil. There are lessons to be learned from the Russian academic system and the artists' union - and from current popularity of this type of art among collectors. Perhaps the international art world will soon return to valuing these disciplines.</I></div> <bR> <div>                                                                                               ERIC RHOADS, publisher and </div> <div>                                                                                               editor-in-chief of <I>Fine Art Connoisseur</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>   </div> <div> <B>Atlantis Fine Arts</B> is a boutique-style fine art gallery with its unique niche specializing in Russian art.  After almost a decade of working in Naples and representing a large cohort of world's most renowned living artists, Atlantis Fine Arts (former Gallery on Fifth), is now focusing on bringing the finest and rare works of Russian contemporary artists. The gallery's collection is mostly comprised of impressionist and realist works of academically trained prominent artists from Moscow, Penza, St.Petersburg, Sergiev-Posad, Tashkent, Kiev. The Gallery has already introduced to Naples art collectors such distinguished artists as Nikolai Leventsev, Dmitri and Victoria Levine, Husan Kasimov.  This year  gallery significantly expanded its collection of Yana Movchan's works, paintings by Igor Prischepa and Sergei Smirnov.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="868" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 227 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15abffbf0.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Yana Movchan</div> <div> "Daydreamers"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15c320be0.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="190" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </div> <div> Igor Prischepa</div> <div> "Old Pines"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15ad9fc10.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="193" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sergei Smirnov</div> <div> "Sheherezada"</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Why Russian Art is Hot? </B></div> <bR> <div> During past ten years the demand for Russian art experienced an unprecedented growth. There are many reasons for this - and the major one is the unsurpassed artistic value and technical superiority of artworks. </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="799" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 244 WIDTH="389"><div> ..."Two schools exist in the Russian Academic system: The Repin State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in St.  Petersburg, which leans towards tight realistic painting disciplines, and the Surikov Moscow State Academic Institute of art, which leans towards representational impressionism. The vast majority of Russian Art Currently on the market has been created by graduates of these two schools.</div> <bR> <div>        </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Nikolai Leventsev</I></div> <div> <I>                                                                                                    "Near the Church"</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15a35ce00.jpg" border=0 width="348" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="796" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 235 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15c569e50.jpg" border=0 width="361" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="418"><div> <I>Nikolai Leventsev</I></div> <div> <I>"Etreta. Normandia"</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Artistic training can begin at a very young age In Russia. Students showing a strong aptitude for art are admitted into full-time preparatory program as early as age 7... When they reach the fourth grade these students will begin drawing nudes from life, and by the 12-th grade they will be able to execute drawings with perfect craftsmanship and likeness. By the time students graduate the preparatory school at age 19, they are prepared to enter the world as fine artists, with skills rivaling most professional elsewhere. However, to be part of the true Russian heritage, students must continue at one of the two academies.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>      Once they pass the entrance exam and are approved by master instructors, academy students choose a special area of emphasis to study: sculpture, painting, architecture, or monumental works(mosaic and fresco) Students spend the first three years studying anatomy (and other disciplines), which the first full year concentrated on drawing the head...In the sixth and final year, students create one giant painting of sculpture as their final exam. To graduate, students must defend their works before a board of masters. If a piece does not pass, the student must repeat the year." </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="785" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 446 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15a50d6a0.jpg" border=0 width="269" height="362" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dmitri Levine</div> <div> "Early Spring"</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="482"><div>  The second reason of Russian art being in demand is inaccessibility of high-ranking artists in Russia. "In Russia, the top artists hold celebrity status and therefore hard to reach. Without trusted introductions and references, these "national treasures" wouldn't give you the time of day, even if you are wealthy, established dealer. Few have been able to penetrate this highly protected system. ...To make it more difficult, recognizing the need to keep at least some of great works of art in national collections, Russia's Ministry of Culture requires all paintings, new and old to be documented and approved for removal before they can leave the country. This bureaucratic red tape can take months, even years to traverse, which discourages trade with outside world."</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="432" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 241 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15a710eb0.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Dmitri Levine</div> <div> "Near Tver"</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>    The third reason that adds value to Russian art, is the  limited quantity of these works. "Art, artists, and the academic system have received financial support from the Russian government for nearly 250 years, but things have changed dramatically since the end of communism in 1991. Russia's current government can't provide the funding it once did, and both the economy and the bureaucracy surrounding the sale of artwork make it difficult for artist to earn the living.</div> <bR> <div> Compounding the problem is the current Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy's promotion of Modernism, and the state museums' favoritism more contemporary styles. Many believe that Russia's classical, academic standards of realism are in jeopardy."</div> <bR> <div> The materials from <I>Fine Art Connoisseur </I>publications.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="159f2ec30.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Atlantis Fine Arts</div> <div> 594 9th street South</div> <div> Naples, Florida</div> <div> (239) 220-7503</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>