Trained as a painter , Victor Goikoetxea has specialized in the art of trompe l'oeil. He invited us to visit his duplex and gallery both located in Hernani , Basque village on the French border. Discover a world where art and decoration coexist...
Industrial style wall with a rusty effect , made in trompe l'oeil for a private customer |
His House
A living playing with the total white. We especially recognize the Barcelona Ottoman from the Bauhaus designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1929). |
Works of art make the décor. Here the miniature sculpture of Continuum by Gotzon Huegun which large format version is displayed on the Plaza Zinkoenea in Hernani. |
The stairs leading down to the bedroom with its paintings and engravings. |
The bedroom , separated from the bathroom by a wall of glass bricks and white everywhere to create unity. |
The "stage door" or dedications and drawings of the many friends and colleagues of Victor. |
His Works and Workshop
The polyptych representing the city of Barcelona on which Victor was working at the time of our visit , a realism to be mistaken. |
Part exposure of his studio and a model of one of its projects. |
A graphical screen between surrealism and geometrism |
Sea made for San Sebastian aquarium |