Ana Tzarev

Ana Tzarev
Born
Marija Guina

1937 (age 83–84)
Trogir, Croatia
OccupationArtist
Spouse(s)Robert Chandler
Children3, including Richard Chandler
Christopher Chandler
Websitewww.anatzarev.com

Ana Tzarev (born 1937) is a Croatian artist.

Early life

Ana Tzarev was born Marija Guina in Trogir, Croatia, and her mother was Anka Carev. She "started out as a dressmaker".[1]

In 1956, she met Robert Chandler, whom she married in Split. They then moved to New Zealand, where she studied fashion design, and the two started the Chandler House department store, with Tzarev designing clothing sold there.[1] Chandler House achieved national success, becoming a chain of ten stores, and was sold in 1986 for $10 million.[2]

Artistic career
Peace by Ana Tzarev, displayed on Millbank, London

In December 2008, she opened the Ana Tzarev Gallery at 24 West 57th Street close to Fifth Avenue, New York.[1]

The 14,000 square feet, two-floor gallery was designed by James Harb Architects, and only shows her work, with the first exhibition being entitled Voyage of Discovery, even though she had "never sold a painting or held a public viewing of her work".[1] The rent on the gallery space was $2 million a year, and her billionaire son Richard Chandler loaned her $4 million to launch the gallery.[1] The gallery was still open in 2013.[3]

Ana Tzarev Gallery, described in Art News and The New York Observer as a "vanity gallery", later closed.[1][4] In December 2015, the space which by then had an annual asking rent of $3.7 million was taken on by the Qatar-based travel brand Mosafer.[5]

"She [Ana Tzarev] has developed a powerful gestural style with an energy not unlike that of the post-impressionist era: an open colour, a three-dimensional brush stroke – or rather, a fiery haze of strokes drifting optically in space; a triumph of the de-reflective approach, driven towards capturing and mastering nature’s signals".[6] — Dr Alexander Borovsky, curator of Contemporary Art at the Russian Museum.

Personal life

In 1956, she met Robert Chandler, from New Zealand, and they married in Split, Croatia. They had three sons, George Chandler Richard Chandler and Christopher Chandler, who ran a hedge fund business together, but now operate separately, both are billionaires.[1]

After they sold their department store business, they gave the proceeds to their sons and went to live between Monaco and Thailand.[1]

References
  1. "Mysterious Croatian Artist Ana Tzarev Bankrolls Her Own Gallery on W. 57th St.; Why Didn't She Show Up to Her Own Opening?". observer.com. 15 December 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. Romina Peritz (16 June 2013). "Ana Tzarev – Trogiranka koja je na robnim kućama zgrnula bogatstvo" [Ana Tzarev – a Trogir native who made a fortune on department stores]. Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. "Ana Tzarev gallery on West 57". www.bigapplesecrets.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. Scher, Robin (19 July 2016). "'Round 57th Street: New York's First Gallery District Continues (for Now) to Weather Endless Changes in the Art World". artnews.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "How long until Midtown loses its prominence?". New York Post. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  6. "The Life of Flowers" – Alexander Borovsky (2011) http://www.anatzarev.com/downloads/AnaTzarev_The_Life_of_Flowers.pdf Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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