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Item Ships From: Latvia
Picnic. 1999, paper, pastel, 28.5x33 cm
By Natalia Bessonova
Located in Riga, LV
Picnic. 1999, paper, pastel, 28.5x33 cm
Colorful abstract composition in fauvist style with figures
Category
1990s Fauvist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Forest. 1982. Cardboard, oil, 33x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Forest. 1982. Cardboard, oil, 33x46 cm
The description suggests that "Forest" is an impressionist landscape painting primarily focused on depicting a forest scene. The use of mostly...
Category
1980s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Magic realism 22/73. 1973., oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm
By Juris Soikans
Located in Riga, LV
Magic realism 22/73. 1973., oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm
JURIS SOIKANS
(1920-1995)
1990. Member of the Artists’ Union, Latvia
1989. Visiting lecturer ...
Category
1970s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The hidden million words. 2004. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm.
By Juris Zvirbulis
Located in Riga, LV
The hidden million words. 2004. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm.
Juris Zvirbulis was born in 1944 in Riga.
1970 graduated from the Riga Secondary School of Applied Arts decorators department.
1971 Member Artists' Union of the Latvia.
In 1971 First solo exhibition in the artistic and historical museum of Tukums in Latvia.
In 1974 his illustrations for the A.S. Pushkin's book, "Eugene Onegin" (published Liesma) was awarded at the 7th All-Union competition of books, posters and postcards design (Moscow, USSR).
Significant exhibitions:
1976 - First place in the All-Union Exhibition of Young Artists in Moscow
1983 - Solo exhibition at the Museum of Foreign Art (Riga, Latvia)
1988 - personal exhibition at the Pushkin State Museum (Moscow, Russia)
Museum bought more than 100 of the artist miniatures to collection.
1989 - Group exhibition "Contemporary Soviet Painters from Riga" Edward Nahamkina Art Gallery (New York, USA)
1990 - Group exhibition at the Astra Gallery (Chicago, USA)
1990 - 1992 - works exhibited in the Harmony Gallery (Paris, France)
1992 - Solo exhibition at Gallery Carre d'Or (Paris, France)
1993 - Solo exhibition at the Gallery of the Riga (Riga, Latvia)
1994 - Exhibition in honor of the 50th anniversary at the Latvian National Art Museum, Exhibition Hall Arsenals (Riga, Latvia)
1997 - Solo exhibition at the Gallery of Riga (Riga, Latvia). In cooperation with IBM Latvia and Modo Paper released exhibition catalog.
1998 - Exhibition of watercolors - miniatures at Gallery "Nocturne", Riga
1999 - personal exhibition at the Pushkin State Museum (Moscow, Russia)
2004 - personal exhibition at gallery "Manss" (Jekabpils, Latvia)
2005 - Group exhibition of Latvian-French festival "Amazing Latvia" (in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France).
2011 - Contemporary Art exhibition-fair at Gallery Birkenfeld ArtVilnius'11 (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Group Exhibition-Fair of Lineart Contemporary Art (Ghent, Belgium). Group exhibition at the Art Museum Nerima (Tokyo, Japan)
2012 Released artist album "Retrospective".
Solo exhibition "The Battle of Waterloo would have ended differently ... Dedication to Marshal L.N. Davu." At gallery Birkenfelds.
The artist works in the following genres and techniques: watercolor, painting, drawing, book illustrations, murals for public interiors in Latvia and abroad.
Works in museums and private collections:
At the Latvian National Museum of Art, at collection of Artists' Union of Latvia, Russian Ministry of Culture (Moscow, Russia), the Pushkins` State Museum (Russia), Bank of Latvia, Džeinas Vorhīsas Cimerlī Art Museum, Radzhersa, State University of New Jersey, at collection of Norton and Nancy Dodge nonconformist art of the Soviet Union (US), Vitaly Gotlib (Latvia), and Indra Benjamin Wilson...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three ibex. 1972., paper, tempera, 12.5x12.3 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Three ibex
1972., paper, tempera, 12.5x12.3 cm
Atis Ievins (1946)
The exhibition by artist Atis Ieviņš reminds the very origins of serigraphy technique in Latvian art in the time o...
Category
1970s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Window. Oil on canvas, 80x120 cm
By Elga Grinvalde
Located in Riga, LV
Window. Oil on canvas, 80x120 cm
Elga Grinvalde ”ellgrii”
Born in Valka (Latvia) 1966
Education:
1982-1986 Riga Applied Art College,Latvia department of glasswork desig.
1994-1998...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An ancient fable. 1971. Oil on canvas, 100x150 cm
By Ivars Muizulis
Located in Riga, LV
An ancient fable. 1971. Oil on canvas, 100x150 cm
Ivars Muizulis (1936)
1956 – Graduated from the Liepaja Art College, Department of Sculpture
1956 – 1960 – Studied at the Art Aca...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life. 1998, oil on canvas, 57 x 69 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life. 1998, oil on canvas, 57 x 69 cm
Abstract still life with musical instruments and coffee grinder
The artwork was published in the catalog - "Jānis Zemītis Glezniecība. Pai...
Category
1990s Cubist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carnival. Paper, wood, watercolor, 53x75 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Carnival. Paper, wood, watercolor, 53x75 cm
Atis Ievins (1946)
The exhibition by artist Atis Ieviņš reminds the very origins of serigraphy technique in Latvian art in the time of th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor
Flowers in a glass vase Cardboard, author's technique, 31.5x22.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers in a glass vase
Cardboard, author's technique, 31.5x22.5 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Crayon
Seven tulips. Oil on canvas, 65x51 cm
Located in Riga, LV
7 tulips. 1979. Oil on canvas, 65x51 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the...
Category
1970s Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tulips on a turquoise background. Oil on cardboard, 47 x 45, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tulips on a turquoise background. Oil on cardboard, 47x45,5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Staling...
Category
1970s Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Silhouette. 1997, oil on canvas, 57x69 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Silhouette. 1997, oil on canvas, 57x69 cm
Abstract still life with guitar in red colors
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art...
Category
1990s Cubist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silence in the city. 2018, canvas, oil, 60x90 cm
By Igor Leontiev
Located in Riga, LV
Silence in the city. 2018, canvas, oil, 60x90 cm
Abstract cubist composition in earth colors
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
Born in Riga, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sea. 1988. Paper, gouache, 86x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sea. 1968. Paper, gouache, 86x60 cm
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Morning dawn. 2014, paper, watercolor, 48x36 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Morning dawn. 2014, paper, watercolor, 60x50 cm
Māris Abiļevs (born 23 April 1956 in Kazakhstan) is a Latvian graphic artist and printer, brother of graphic artist Andris Abiļevs. H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
In the rain. 1990, cardboard, oil, 90x140 cm with minor defects
Located in Riga, LV
In the rain. 1990, cardboard, oil, 90x140 cm with minor defects
Liga Purmale (1948)
Was born on October 4, 1948 in Dundaga. She graduated from the secondary art school of Janis Rose...
Category
1990s Photorealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Flower garden. 2020, cardboard, oil, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flower garden. 2020, cardboard, oil, 50x70 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Everyone has their own treasure. 2023 oil, collage, canvas, 70x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Everyone has their own treasure. 2023 oil, collage, canvas, 70x70 cm
In this artwork, author highlight 4 values that have the most power nowadays. Nature, people, money, social med...
Category
2010s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Suprematist composition. 1919, paper/gouache 21, 5 x 28, 5 cm
By Gustav Klucis
Located in Riga, LV
Suprematist composition. 1919, paper/gouache 21,5 x 28,5 cm
Gustav Klucis (1895-1938) Latvian painter, sculptor, graphic artist, designer and teacher, ...
Category
1910s Suprematist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Gouache
Scream. Canvas, oil, 100x150 cm
By Ivars Muizulis
Located in Riga, LV
Scream. Canvas, oil, 100x150 cm
Ivars Muizulis (1936)
1956 – Graduated from the Liepaja Art College, Department of Sculpture
1956 – 1960 – Studied at the Art Academy of Latvia, Pa...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Birds. 2003. Cardboard, author's technique, 19x27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Birds. 2003. Cardboard, author's technique, 19x27 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an ar...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Flowers in a vase. Cardboard, oil, 27x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers in a vase. Cardboard, oil, 27x21 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The flowers. Colorful Asters. 1964. Oil on canvas, board, 46x58 cm
By Voldemars Vimba
Located in Riga, LV
White, yellow and red asters. 1964. Oil on canvas, board, 46x58 cm
Vimba Voldemars ( 1904 St. Petersburg – 1985 Riga, Latvia)
He began his artistic education at the St Petersburg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Gone to nowhere. 2020. Paper, mixed media, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Stencil
City 9. 1964, monotype, 44.5x64.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City 9. 1964, monotype, 44.5x64.4cm
Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.)
1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist.
He was born a...
Category
1960s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Mushroom rain mantra. 2002, oil on canvas, 95, 5x90, 5 cm
By Igor Leontiev
Located in Riga, LV
Mushroom rain mantra. 2002, oil on canvas, 95,5x90,5 cm
Abstract composition in earth colors
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
Born in Riga, ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gemstone. 2014, oil on canvas, 130x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gemstone. 2014., oil on canvas, 130x90 cm
Geometric painting with many light reflections in gemstone
Alyona Prokofyeva (1988)
From 2016 surname Galaktionova. Alyona graduated Riga ...
Category
2010s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cats. Cardboard, mixed media, 75x29 cm
By Aleksandrs Dembo
Located in Riga, LV
Cats
Cardboard, mixed media, 75x29 cm
ALEKSANDRS DEMBO (1931. Paris – 1999. Riga)
Born in 1931 in Paris, France, died in 1999 in Riga, Latvia. Professional training: Janis Rozental...
Category
1990s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Still life with a bottle. 1994, oil on cardboard, 93, 5 x 101 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with a bottle. 1994, oil on cardboard, 93,5 x 101 cm
The artwork was published in the catalog - "Jānis Zemītis Glezniecība. Painting." Publish...
Category
1990s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Peace. Oil on cardboard, 47x62 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Peace. Oil on cardboard, 47x62 cm
Dontsov German (1916. Saratow, Russia – 2001. Riga, Latvia)
His professional carrier began at Art Schoo...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Ritual. 2022. oil on cardboard, 40x30 cm
By Juris Dimiters
Located in Riga, LV
Ritual. 2022. oil on cardboard,, 40x30 cm
Juris Dimiters (1947)
Education:
1958-1965 Janis Rozentals Art High School of Riga
1965-1973 Art Academy of Latvia, Painting Department, specialism in scenography.
Solo shows:
1981- Baiba & Leo Benias Gallery, West Berlin (as part of the Skulme family exhibition)
1984- Museum of Foreign Art , Riga; Cēsis Exhibition Hall;
1986- Firebird Gallery, Alexandra; International Images, Pittsburgh, USA.
1987- Exhibition Hall, Jurmala.
1987- Exhibition Hall, Stockholm, Sweden (as part of the Skulme family exhibition)
1989- Delta Art Gallery, Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
1992- Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2000- State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow and State Museum of Art , Riga.
2004- Riga Museum of History and Navigation.
2007- Imagine Gallery, Riga.
2007- Art gallery Laipa, Valmiera.
2007- Moscow house, Riga.
2009- Zurab Tsereteli...
Category
2010s Surrealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
City 14. 1964, paper, monotype, 47x62 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City 14. 1964, monotype, 47x62 cm
Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.)
1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist.
He was born at ...
Category
1960s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Table view. 2020. Paper, mixed media, 63x94 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The abstract series of sizable works done in a mixed-media technique pays homage to the great modernists and abstract expressionists such as Mondrian, Kandinsky, Still and Motherwell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Stencil
Musical cafe 2020. Cardboard, oil, acrylic, 70x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Musical cafe
2020. Cardboard, oil, acrylic, 70x50 cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Konigsberg shout. 2006, oil on canvas, 74x85 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Konigsberg shout. 2006, oil on canvas, 74x85 cm
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition 1001, 2018., 100x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Composition 1001, 2018., 100x100 cm
Abstract composition.
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solo 4 2000, cardboard, oil, 64x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Solo 4
2000, cardboard, oil, 64x45 cm
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Let the melody play 2022., cardboard, oil, 70x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Let the melody play
2022., cardboard, oil, 70x50 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Flowers in a vase. 2020, cardboard, oil, 70x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers in a vase. 2020, cardboard, oil, 70x50 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Ruby. 2014, oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ruby. 2014, oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm
Large size painting in red colors
Alyona Prokofyeva (1988)
From 2016 surname Galaktionova. Alyona graduated Riga art sc...
Category
2010s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stages of faith, 2019. Oil on canvas, 120x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Taya Bell (born 1974 in Semey, Kazakhstan) was educated in Almaty until 2000, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Arts, as well as degrees in Pedagogy and Foreign Language. From 2...
Category
2010s Symbolist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The sea. 1983. Oil on cardboard, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
1980s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Metaphysical landscape. 2018, canvas, oil. 80x120 cm
By Igor Leontiev
Located in Riga, LV
Metaphysical landscape. 2018, canvas, oil. 80x120 cm
Abstract composition in earth colors
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
Born in Riga, Latvia.
Studied in the Art School of Rozental, the Latvian Academy of Arts and private studios of the famous painters and teachers Abram Bikov and Vitaly Karkunov. Participates in exhibitions since 1987.
Awards:
1991 – One of the main grants at the International Art Project «Golden Brush» at the Central Painters' House, Moscow, Russia
Solo Shows:
2008- Gallery "Antonia", Riga. exhibition "Dream City"
2002 – Open exhibition “Genesis” Austria, Vienna
2002 - «Painting», Blackhead's House, Riga (printed brochure)
2000 - Personal exhibition in Austria, Vienna “Gallery Atelier T”
2000 – Personal exhibition in Riga, Latvia
2000 - Institute of Practical Psyhogy, Riga (printed brochure)
2001 - Gallery «AtelierT», Vienna, Austria
1998 – Joined exhibition with N.Bessonova «Garant», Vienna, Austria
1998 - Gallery «Nelliya», Riga
1998 - Co-project with N.Bessonova «Birds and Fish», Gallery «Nelliya», Riga
1997 - Gallery «Dzintars», Riga
1997 - Insurance Company «New Re» Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
1997 - Gallery «Rigas Vini», Riga
1997 - Gallery «Goldshidhaus», Gilzenkirken, Germany, with N.Bessonova
1996 – Personal exhibition in “Rigas vini” Gallery, Riga
1996 - Gallery «Sofia», Gilzenkirken, Germany
1991 - Russian Culture Fund, Riga
1991 – Last personal exhibition in Riga
Group Shows:
2007 - Museum der stad Bad Ischl”Genesis2000”
2007 -“Art Innsbruck” International Messe.
2004 - Showcase of Latvian painters dedicated to Latvia joining the EU, museum «Horst Shloss», Germany
2004 - «Hungary by the Latvian Painters», Moscow House, Riga
2003 - «Autumn-2003», Latvian State Art Museum
2003 - Autumn exhibitions of Latvian Painters, Gallery «Nelliya», Riga
2003 - «Abstract Art in Latvian Painting», Latvian State Art Museum
2000-2006 - International Project dedicated to the Book «Genesis», Austria
2002 - «Autumn», Latvian State Art Museum
1999 - Participation in exhibition “Gold of Russian Art” Austria, Vienna, “Gallery Atelier T”
1999 – Participation in projects “Genesis” Austria, Vienna, “Gallery Atelier T”
1997 - «Art Expo» New York, USA
1996 - «Art of the Chosen Ones», Latvian State Art Museum «Arsenal»
1995 - «Surrealism in Works of Latvian Painters», Russian Culture Fund, Riga
1994 - «Christmas Exhibition», Embassy of Poland in Latvia, Riga
1993 - «Art of the Russian Painters», Embassy of Russia in Latvia, Riga
1993 - «Golden Brush», Central Painters' House, Moscow, Russia
1993 - «Latvian Painters», Gallery «Sofia», Germany
1992 – sept.,Oct. – exhibition in Baad Goseberg, Germany
1992 - «Artmyth», International Art Festival, Manezh, Moscow, Russia
1992 - «Latvian Art», Berlin, Germany
1991 – «Reshaping», exhibition in Moscow
1991 - «Golden Brush», Central Painters' House, Moscow, Russia
1991 - «Transformation», Youth Palace, Moscow, Russia
1991 - «Latvian Painters», Belver, Germany
1989 - «Artcontact» National Art Project, Culture House of Railroad workers, Riga
1989 - «Artist and Religion», Riga - Moscow
1988 - «Free Art», Rigas Modes, Riga
1987 - First exhibition with painters A.Alekperov and G.Huckivadze in the Culture House of Railroad workers, Riga
Auctions:
2002 - «Doroteum» Vienna, Austria - paintings «Russian Art» and «Portrait of Olga...
Category
2010s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magic realism 24/73. 1973., oil on canvas, 100x140 cm
By Juris Soikans
Located in Riga, LV
Magic realism 24/73. 1973., oil on canvas, 100x140 cm
JURIS SOIKANS
(1920-1995)
1990. Member of the Artists’ Union, Latvia
1989. Visiting lecturer at...
Category
1970s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Armageddon finale. 2005, canvas, oil, 73x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Armageddon finale. 2005, canvas, oil, 73x100 cm
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Magic realism 41/78. 1978., oil on canvas, 100x140 cm
By Juris Soikans
Located in Riga, LV
Magic realism 41/78. 1978., oil on canvas, 100x140 cm
JURIS SOIKANS
(1920-1995)
1990. Member of the Artists’ Union, Latvia
1989. Visiting lecturer at...
Category
1970s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Houses of town. 1972, watercolor on paper, 55x75, 5 cm
By Olgerts Jaunarajs
Located in Riga, LV
Houses of town. 1972, watercolor on paper, 55x75,5 cm
Olgerts Jaunarajs (1907-2003)
He was so-called legend of abstract expressionism in the Latvia...
Category
1970s Color-Field Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape. 1964. Oil on cardboard, 48x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring landscape with house and trees
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 y...
Category
1960s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Hourglass. 2000. Paper, pastel, 36x37 cm
By Natalia Bessonova
Located in Riga, LV
Natalia Bessonova (1963) - Hourglass. 2000. Paper, pastel, 36x37 cm
Colorful abstract composition with figures and hourglass in fauvist style
Category
Early 2000s Fauvist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Sunrise. 2020. Paper, mixed media, 94x63 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The abstract series of sizable works done in a mixed-media technique pays homage to the great modernists and abstract expressionists such as Mondrian, Kandinsky, Still and Motherwell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Stencil
Game X. 2004, oil, collage on cardboard, 30х40 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Game X. 2004, oil, collage on cardboard, 30х40 cm
The artwork was published in the catalog - "Jānis Zemītis Glezniecība. Painting." Publisher: Al secco Ltd, 2010, on page 21
Still life with glass and game cards
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 Zemitis...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Lace. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 63x94 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The abstract series of sizable works done in a mixed-media technique pays homage to the great modernists and abstract expressionists such as Mondrian, Kandinsky, Still and Motherwell...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Stencil
Magic realism. 1979., oil on canvas, 100x140 cm
By Juris Soikans
Located in Riga, LV
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 ...
Category
1970s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apotheosis of the hare. 2013. Oil on canvas, 120x150 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two. 1997. Oil on cardboard, 55x55 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Joy of life. 2008., oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
By Ivars Muizulis
Located in Riga, LV
Joy of life. 2008., oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
Stylized colorful figures on green background
Ivars Muizulis (1936)
1956 – Graduated from the Liepaja Art College, Department of Sculp...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geisha. 2013, cardboard, mixed media, 70x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
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