Latvia - Art

Musical mood. 1998. Oil on cardboard, 74x60 cm

City birds. 2014. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living ...

Africa. Oil on canvas, 80X60 cm The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating...

By the sea. 2001, cardboard, author's technique, 17.5x25 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Sov...

Tree of Soul. 2020, oil on canvas, 150x150cm Tree on black background Agate Apkalne. Born in Riga, 1977 Education: 2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of L...

Will-o'-the-wisp. 2018, oil on canvas, 100x100cm Portrait on black background Agate Apkalne. Born in Riga, 1977 Education: 2005 – MA in arts, Art Acade...

In early spring. Paper, watercolor, 59x69 cm Landscape with trees in earth colors Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibi...

Small town. Red-blue mood. 2020. Watercolor, paper, 60,5 x 71,5 cm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collec...

Human touch IX. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 45x45 cm Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987). She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took par...

Human touch XIII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987). She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took ...

Human touch XVII. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 30x40 cm Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987). She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took par...

Pont Neuf Paris. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 24x50 cm Landscape with the bridge in Paris Ingrida Irbe (1969) Born 15th of June 1969 in Riga Education:...

Pont des Arts. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 40x50 cm View on the bridge at Paris. Artwork In gray and light yellow colors Ingrida Irbe (1969) Born 15th of June 1969 in Riga Educat...

Saxophonist. 2021. Oil on canvas, 80x60cm Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at the Art College named after Nikoladze. Then he went to serve in the Soviet Army from1970 to 1972. After completing his military service he entered the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry at the faculty of artistic metal, from which he graduated in 1986. During his studies, he has been actively engaged in painting. His favorite artists are Gauguin, El Greco, Botticelli, Turner and Picasso. Works of artistic stone He worked also with stone, cornelian and onyx. But his soul gravitated to bright and blustery color, and so he has became engaged in painting. At first his paintings were quiet, with muted tonal gamma. The color image was built on the play of hues and halftones. Such a careful elaboration of color educates the taste, sharpness and delicacy of vision. Gradually, the painter became more experienced, and his paintings acquired assurance and power of maturity, blooming in colorful brilliancy. Nugzar's color preferences The color of Nugzar’s paintings is deep and multi-layered. It is woven of infinite number of hues and filled with light. At first sight it may be difficult to recognize the shapes in the play of flickering color dabs. The figures appear gradually, they draw the first breath just before our eyes, crystallizing from the color heap. The painter is attracted by major tonality and motives that years ago could be called “the gallant feasts” - repasts, assiduities, music parties, and airings. After somewhat daemonic, infernal imagery of early paintings, it has appeared the theme of “Le joie de vivre,” the joy of life. Source of inspiration Born in the ancient Kolkhida, he keeps the blissful pagan feel of entirety and completeness of being. It is embodied almost literally in his favorite personage auroral gorgeous-bodied beauty of a girl. He grants these forms even to Olympian inhabitants - Aphrodite, Athene, Arthemide, let alone the Bacchants. I remember unwittingly that Niko Pirosmani similarly painted on his impoverished buckrams the luxurious prince repasts and languid, elephantine beauties. Working style But his style is not bounded by grotesque parody, as well as the irony is not the only aspect of his world outlook. In his landscapes we can catch the ecstatic admiration with Nature. In contradistinction to his favorite impressionists, he never paints from nature and never bears in mind the particular place. It is just a blooming Earth, studied very closely, so that the trees are cut by the edges of the painting, and at the same time it is a bird’s eye view revealing infinite, boundless spaces. Nougzar says that the landscape for him is first of all a color ensemble. He can just leaf through the illustrated journal, nourishing his eye with color in various combinations, and so get the impulse to create a ‘physical’ landscape image. Probably, his landscapes are no less fantastical than his figure compositions, but such is his talent, his mission - to make the world more beautiful and gentle than it is in reality. Exhibitions Nugzar Kakhiani is a matured and recognized master, as follows from the long list of his exhibitions and countries where his works reside. 1987 - Exhibition of Georgian Artists in the Museum of Ethnography, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1989 - Exhibition of Artists of Leningrad-Lenexpo, Russia 1990 - Exhibition of Van Gogh's memory, "Palette" , Russia 1991 - Exhibition Gallery Palette 1991 - Festival of Leningrad galleries in Manege, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1992 - Exhibition at Gallery Pinatin, Berlin. 1993 - Exhibition of Piraeus, Athens, Greece. 1993 - Exhibition Gallery 47...

Composition with fishes A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945 and had more than 50 solo exhibitions in Latvia. He travelled extensively by yacht around Sc...

Untitled II, 2020. Paper, collage, 30x21 cm The artist participated in more than 30 group exhibitions in Latvia and abroad, 17 solo exhibitions in Latvia. In 2005 became a winner of...

Māris Abiļevs (born 23 April 1956 in Kazakhstan) is a Latvian graphic artist and printer, brother of graphic artist Andris Abiļevs. He works in etching, lithography and various mixed...

Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in Latvia, USA, Sweden, Australi...

Janis Avotins paints dark, ghostly, photorealistic images sourced from forgotten antique photographs and Soviet-era media. Rather than directly copy the ...

A. Zviedris was a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union since 1945 and had more than 50 solo exhibitions in Latvia. He travelled extensively by yacht around Scandinavia and Western Eu...

How to understand Sigita Daugule's work? At the cradle of her style (emerged in late 90s) there are significant memories of the expansion of modern art ...

How to understand Sigita Daugule's work? At the cradle of her style (emerged in late 90s) there are significant memories of the expansion of modern art ...

How to understand Sigita Daugule's work? At the cradle of her style (emerged in late 90s) there are significant memories of the expansion of modern art ...

It's raining like in the Midsummer. 2017, mixed media on canvas, 60x50 cm Janis Zingitis born in 1973 in Riga, Latvia (then Soviet Union). Attended Janis Rozentals...

The painting "Fairytale" by Rinalds Vanadzins is an acrylic work created during the artist's residency in the small Lithuanian town of Veprai. This piece showcases the artist's skill...

Acrylics and spray paint on stretched canvas. This artwork is made during an artist residency in Lithuania. The girl in the painting is taken from a local town city center sculpture...

Rinalds Vanadzins painting "Cat" is a dynamic and visually stunning work that combines the mediums of acrylic and spray paint to create a unique and captivating composition. The use ...

Composition with faces by Peteris Taukulis - 2013. Paper, collage, 26x20 cm

Faces by Peteris Taukulis - 2013. Paper, collage, 26x20 cm

Caravaggio motif. 2019. Oil on canvas, 40,5x50,5 cm

Conversation. 2019. Oil on canvas, 82x75 cm

Still life with flowers and apple. 2020. Oil on canvas, 61x73 cm

Dandelions are blooming. 1981. Oil on cardboard, 40x50 cm Realistic sunny landscape with dandelions and lilacs Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional educat...

Magic realism. 1979., oil on canvas, 100x 140 cm JURIS SOIKANS (1920-1995) 1990. Member of the Artists’ Union, Latvia 1989. Visiting lecturer at the ...

Rosehip. 1989. Paper, watercolor, 44x38 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers and still ...

River. 2000, oil on canvas, 70x90 сm Valdis Bush (1924-2014) studied at the Art academy of Latvia (1945 – 1950), his favorite professors being A. Skride, L. Svemps, yet he did not ...

Lilies. 2004, oil on cardboard, 49,5x70 cm Valdis Bush (1924-2014) studied at the Art academy of Latvia (1945 – 1950), his favorite professors being A. S...

Flowers. 1990, oil on canvas, 92x81 cm Light still life with flowers in jug, in white and blue colors. In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art ...

Vanita. 2004, oil, collage on canvas, 100x120 cm In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, paintin...

On leaving. 2003, oil on canvas, 79x67 cm In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, painting department, Head of the diplo...

Inverted glass. 1998, oil, collage on cardboard, 45x59 cm In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, painting department, Head of the diploma work "Working in the forest" E. Kalninsh. He participated in the exhibition since 1966. Member of Artists Union of Latvia since 1970. From 1993-2000 member of the Association "B13". He worked as a teacher at the Riga 19th school and in the 17th evening high school (1961-1965), in the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal (1965-1981), worked at the Arts Academy of Latvia since 1981 - in charge of Department of Painting (1993- 1998), professor since 1993. From 1997- 2000 Professor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Academy of Latvia. At the end of the 60s, in the 70s painted many figurative compositions of the historical genre. Reborn impression of cubism, painted still lifes and landscapes. Paintings by Janis...

Flowers. 1996, oil on canvas, 69x57 cm In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, painting department, Head of the diploma work "Working in the forest" E. Kalninsh. He participated in the exhibition since 1966. Member of Artists Union of Latvia since 1970. From 1993-2000 member of the Association "B13". He worked as a teacher at the Riga 19th school and in the 17th evening high school (1961-1965), in the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal (1965-1981), worked at the Arts Academy of Latvia since 1981 - in charge of Department of Painting (1993- 1998), professor since 1993. From 1997- 2000 Professor at the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Academy of Latvia. At the end of the 60s, in the 70s painted many figurative compositions of the historical genre. Reborn impression of cubism, painted still lifes and landscapes. Paintings by Janis...

Two. 1997. Oil on cardboard, 55x55 cm In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, painting department, Head of the diploma w...

The game II. 2004. Oil and collage on cardboard, 100x115 cm Abstract composition with game cards and musical instruments In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenth...

Geisha. 2013, cardboard, mixed technique, 70x90 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an arti...

Rose Square by church. 2012, acrylic on paper, 44x55 cm Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, ...

A clown. 1997, canvas, oil, 54x65 cm Elizabete Melbarzde (b. 1970.18.VII) Elizabete Melbarzde graduated Riga secondary school of applied arts and Painting department at Art academy ...

Apples with walnuts. 2019. Oil on canvas, 45x65 cm Realistic still life with apples and walnuts on white drapery Alyona Prokofyeva (1988) From 2016 surname Galaktionova. Alyona gr...

Summer. Cycle "Open letters to a friend" 1981, paper, color lithography, 50x46 cm

Tuapse. 1977. Cardboard, tempera, 23x31 cm Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator. Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family. Vladimir Glushenkov...

Folk song, choir. 1976, oil on cardboard, 37x71 cm Dzemma Lia Skulme (born 1925 20 IX - 2019) Skulme graduated from the Academy of Arts of Latvia, Department of Monumental Painting...

Purple poppies. 1982, watercolor on paper, 80x68 cm Still life with violet-white poppies Ilona Brekte (1952) - watercolor painter. Graduated Art Academy ...

Bridge. Paper, acrylic, 100x70 cm Expressive painting, view on the bridge

Cityscape. Paper, acrylic, 100x70 cm Expressive painting, view on Old Town buildings

Boats. 1975, canvas, oil, 54.5x60.5 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Sarat...

Bouquet. 1995, oil on canvas, 44,5x42 cm

Cross - as the unity of the world. 2009, oil on canvas, 83x67 cm

Frown / Vysotsky /2009, oil on canvas, 80x80 cm

The girl in the city. 1964, oil on cardboard, 76.5x41.5 cm Laimdots Murnieks (1922-2011) studied at Cesis and Jelgava teachers’ institutes (1938 – 44). He graduated from the Paintin...

Theater Spain. Paper, mixed media, 9.7x8.3 cm watercolor, ink on paper. Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives gi...