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Cheerful bouquet Oil on cardboard, 31.5x22 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Cheerful bouquet
Oil on cardboard, 31.5x22 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Dream. 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
The fish. Cardboard, acrylic, 18, 2 x 59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The fish. Cardboard, acrylic, 18, 2 x 59 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in L...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Thoughts. Cardboard mixed media, 74 x 47, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Thoughts. Cardboard mixed media, 74x47,5 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in L...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Fragment of the painting by artist Chuikov I. "Red outline" 1982, pastel, paper
By Ivan Chuikov
Located in Riga, LV
Fragment of the painting by artist Chuikov I. "Red outline" 1982, pastel, paper, 23x32 cm, 36x48 cm
Ivan Chuikov / Иван Семёнович Чуйков (1935-2020) - Ru...
Category
1980s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Geisha. 2008. Cardboard, author technique, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Geisha. 2008. Cardboard, author technique, 50x40 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Unio...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm
By Dmitry Lavrentjev
Located in Riga, LV
Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
In the evening. 1990, cardboard, oil, 85x137 cm with minor defects
Located in Riga, LV
In the evening. 1990, cardboard, oil, 85x137 cm with minor defects
Liga Purmale (1948)
Was born on October 4, 1948 in Dundaga. She graduated from the secondary art school of Janis R...
Category
1990s Photorealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Composition 7777, 2018., 95x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Composition 7777, 2018., 95x100 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
The case will remain unsolved. Veneer, acrylic, 50x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The case will remain unsolved. Veneer, acrylic, 50x50 cm
Dzemma Skulme worked in oil, acrylic and water-colors. She developed the theme of the caryatid,...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Solo I 2021., cardboard, oil, 70x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Solo I
2021., cardboard, oil, 70x50 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Yellow tango. 2018, oil on canvas, 90x100 cm
By Igor Leontiev
Located in Riga, LV
Yellow tango. 2018, oil on canvas, 90x100 cm
Abstract composition in red, blue, yellow colors
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent pain...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unknown. Oil on canvas. 42, 5x55, 8 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Unknown. Oil on canvas. 42,5x55,8 cm.
Georgs Barkans (1925-2010)
Textile artist, architect, artist
Professional education:
University of Latvia, Faculty of Architecture (1945-1952)
...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Human touch II. 2020. Canvas, acrylic, 110x150 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch II. 2020. Canvas, acrylic, 110x150 cm
Large size painting
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees in V...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Window XXIII. 1982, pastel on paper, 39x28 cm
By Ivan Chuikov
Located in Riga, LV
Window XXIII. 1982, pastel on paper, 39x28 cm
Ivan Chuikov / Иван Семёнович Чуйков (1935-2020) - Russian artist, one of the Moscow Conceptualism classics...
Category
1980s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Forest Cardboard, oil, 30x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Forest
Cardboard, oil, 30x30 cm
Lidija Auza
(1914. 24. 02 Vitebsk, Belarus – 1989. 13. 12 Riga, Latvia) Painter
She studied at the Art Academy of Latvia (1936-1938) and gradua...
Category
1980s Modern Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
City 13. 1966, paper, monotype, varnish, 47x77 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City 13. 1966, paper, monotype, varnish, 47x77 cm
Soikans Nikolay, pseudonym Niklo de Martell (till 1953.)
1926. 9 IX Ludza – 1980. 21 II Lester, Great Britain – graphic artist.
...
Category
1960s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Monotype, Varnish
Boats. Paper/pastel. 9, 5x13, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Boats. Paper/pastel. 9,5x13,5 cm.
Georgs Barkans (1925-2010)
Textile artist, architect, artist
Professional education:
University of Latvia, Faculty of Architecture (1945-1952)
Art ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Silence. Cardboard, acrylic, 60x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Silence. Cardboard, acrylic, 60x70 cm
Abstract composition
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Acrylic
Two trees and the sun. 2002. Cardboard, oil, 100x81 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Laimdots Murnieks had a significant influence on the development of Latvian painting at the end of the 20th century. His work 'Holiday' conveys the f...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
News. Composition with faces. 2021, paper, collage, 30x21 cm
By Peteris Taukulis
Located in Riga, LV
News. Composition with faces. 2021, paper, collage, 30x21 cm
The artist participated in more than 30 group exhibitions in Latvia and abroad, 17 solo exhibitions in Latvia. In 2005 b...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Spring. 1997, oil on cardboard, 74x85 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Laimdots Murnieks had a significant influence on the development of Latvian painting at the end of the 20th century. His work 'Holiday' conveys the fee...
Category
1990s Modern Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Shining. 2020. Oil on canvas, 130x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Shining. 2020. Oil on canvas, 130x130 cm
Published in the anniversary catalog "We and works: Jelgava Artists' Society 50" 2022, on page nr. 123.
Alyona Prokofyeva (1988)
From 2016 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vanita. 1995, oil on canvas, 57x69 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Vanita. 1995, oil on canvas, 57x69 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 Zemitis...
Category
1990s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Boundless world. 2011, oil on canvas, 65x81 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Boundless world. 2011, oil on canvas, 65x81 cm
Sergey Inkatov
Was born:
13.09.1971 in Baku.
Painter Sergey Inkatov belongs to young generation of artists of Estonia.
He was born ...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solo II 2005., Cardboard, author's technique, 64x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Solo II
Uldis Krauze (1958)
2005., Cardboard, author's technique, 64x45 cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mechanical mask. Cardboard, tempera, 56x47 cm
By Vladimir Glushenkov
Located in Riga, LV
Mechanical mask. Cardboard, tempera, 56x47 cm
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Born in Ri...
Category
1970s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
Human touch VI. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 120x150 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch VI. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 120x150 cm
Large size painting
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees in V...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Morning. 2013, oil on cardboard, 70x60 cm
By Igor Leontiev
Located in Riga, LV
Morning. 2013, oil on cardboard, 70x60 cm
Abstract composition in earth colors
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
...
Category
2010s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Spring. 2004. Cardboard, author's technique, 41x31, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Spring. 2004. Cardboard, author's technique, 41x31,5 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Road 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
In the garden. 1970s Cardboard, tempera, 59x59 cm
By Vladimir Glushenkov
Located in Riga, LV
In the garden. 1970s Cardboard, tempera, 59x59 cm
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Born i...
Category
1970s Surrealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Cardboard
Flirt. 1970. Cardboard, mixed media, 50x40 cm
By Vladimir Glushenkov
Located in Riga, LV
Flirt. Cardboard, mixed media, 50x40 cm
Abstract/Surrealist composition with two fasec
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, grap...
Category
1970s Surrealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Cardboard
Flight. Abstract light composition. 2020. Paper, mixed media, 70x49 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 Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Composition 7. 1996, oil on board, 81x65 cm
By Olgerts Jaunarajs
Located in Riga, LV
Composition 7. 1996, oil on board, 81x65 cm
Abstract composition with orange blue fields and black circle
Olgerts Jaunarajs (1907-2003)
He was so-c...
Category
1990s Color-Field Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
By the sea. 2001, cardboard, author's technique, 17.5x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Mom. Cardboard, oil, double sided, 50x48 cm
By Vladimir Glushenkov
Located in Riga, LV
Mom. Cardboard, oil, double sided, 50x48 cm
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Born in Riga...
Category
1970s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Human touch III. 2020. Canvas, acrylic, 110x150 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch III. 2020. Canvas, acrylic, 110x150 cm
Large size painting
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled II, 2020. Paper, collage, 30x21 cm
By Peteris Taukulis
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Running. 1967. Double-sided, cardboard, tempera, 37.5x39 cm
By Vladimir Glushenkov
Located in Riga, LV
Running. 1967. Double-sided, cardboard, tempera, 37.5x39 cm
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translato...
Category
1960s Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
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
Frog. 2013 oil on canvas, 73x100 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Frog. 2013 oil on canvas, 73x100 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works.
When Vadim w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The autumn fields. 2005. Oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The autumn fields. 2005. Oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
How to understand Sigita Daugule's work? At the cradle of her style (emerged in late 90s) there are...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
One more pause. 1994 oil on cardboard, 47x54 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
One more pause. 1994 oil on cardboard, 47x54 cm
The artwork was published in the catalog - "Jānis Zemītis Glezniecība. Painting." Publisher: Al secco Ltd, 2010, on page 13
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
1990s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Swing. 2021., oil on canvas, 90x100 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Swing. 2021., oil on canvas, 100x90 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works.
When Vadi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fantasy. 2010. Mixed media, collage on canvas, 100x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fantasy. Mixed media, collage on canvas, 100x70 cm
Category
2010s Surrealist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Balcony. 2015. Oil on canvas, 90X70 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Balcony. Oil on canvas, 90X70 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works.
When Vadim was ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet of tulips. 1980. Oil on canvas, 65, 5x54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bouquet of tulips. 1980. Oil on canvas, 65,5x54 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Stu...
Category
1980s Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
November. 2016. acrylic on canvas, 60x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Always inspired by nature, Ingrida Irbe makes the viewer feel the atmosphere of November. Brave expressive strokes convey the wind gusts, while bright warm colors allow to enjoy an i...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm
Dark composition with butterflies
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Untitled. 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
Composition with faces. 2013. Paper, collage, 26x20 cm
By Peteris Taukulis
Located in Riga, LV
Composition with faces by Peteris Taukulis - 2013. Paper, collage, 26x20 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Faces. 2013. Paper, collage, 26x20 cm
By Peteris Taukulis
Located in Riga, LV
Faces by Peteris Taukulis - 2013. Paper, collage, 26x20 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Sentinel, 2004. Acrylic on canvas, 29 x 34.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Janis Avotins paints dark, ghostly, photorealistic images sourced from forgotten antique photographs and Soviet-era media. Rather than directly copy the ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Japanese Motif, 2018., oil on canvas, 85x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Japanese Motif, 2018., 85x90 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
Inverted glass. 1998, oil, collage on cardboard, 45x59 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Wall. 2005. Oil on canvas, 111x150 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
Bridge. Paper, acrylic, 100x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bridge. Paper, acrylic, 100x70 cm
Expressive painting, view on the bridge
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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The 1stDibs Guide to Types of Abstract Art
Get to know the key movements and artists who have influenced visual culture for more than a century.
With Works Like ‘Yours Truly,’ Arthur Dove Pioneered Abstract Art in America
New York gallery Hirschl & Adler is exhibiting the bold composition by Dove — who’s hailed as the first American abstract painter — at this year’s Winter Show.
The Hilma af Klint Effect: How the Future-Forward Painter Inspires Artists Today
The early-20th-century Swedish abstractionist took artistic cues from spiritualist writings and occult practices. Now, 21st-century creators are taking cues from her.
Get to Know the Artists Who Led the Op Art Movement
In the 1960s and '70s, the hypnotic creations of Op artists went mainstream and influenced the look of pop culture.
Dorothy Hood’s Boundless Abstractions Are Back with a Fierceness
Works from the impressive oeuvre of the largely unknown Texas native are now on view at Houston's McClain Gallery.
French Artist Marie Raymond Was So Much More Than Yves Klein’s Mom
Seminal works from the mid-20th-century painter's lyrical abstract oeuvre are now on view at Paris's Diane de Polignac Gallery.
For Oliver Lee Jackson, Painting Is a Fierce and Sacred Matter
The artist and activist is the subject of a new show at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art.