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Item Ships From: Latvia
Concert. 2016. Oil on canvas, 60x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Concert. 2016. Oil on canvas, 60x90 cm
Dagnia Cherevichnik (1974)
Born in 1974 in Riga.
Professional education:
1986-1993 – J. Rozentals Riga Art Secondary School;
1995 - 2001- LMA ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impotent and aggressive 2010, canvas, mixed media, 140x120 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Impotent and aggressive
2010, canvas, mixed media, 140x120 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Self-portrait 5 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Self-portrait 5
2009, canvas, acrylic, 140x98 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Felt Pen, Canvas, Acrylic
Out of sight 1 2006, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Out of sight 1
2006, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, social...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Impotent and aggressive. Horse sisters 2009, canvas, mixed media, 120x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Impotent and aggressive. Horse sisters
2009, canvas, mixed media, 120x140 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Centaur 2008, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Centaur
2008, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utan...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Doggie-ballony 2010, canvas, mixed media, 140x120 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Doggie-ballony
2010, canvas, mixed media, 140x120 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Jur...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Self-portrait 9 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Self-portrait 9
2009, canvas, acrylic, 140x98 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris U...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Felt Pen, Canvas, Acrylic
Restaurant in Paris. Oil on canvas, 33, 5x24 cm.
By Michel Delacroix
Located in Riga, LV
Restaurant in Paris. Oil on canvas, 33,5x24 cm.
Michel Delacroix (1933)
Le restaurant à la petite chaise à Paris.
Category
20th Century Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, 2014 Acrylic on panel 101x71 cm
By Elle
Located in Riga, LV
Untitled, 2014 Acrylic on panel 101x71 cm
Elle is a female graffiti and street artist based in Brooklyn. Noteworthy for her diverse use of mediums, including but not limited to fire extinguishers, rollers, aerosol, markers, acrylic, and silkscreens to create a variety of tags, fills, murals, wheat pastes, sculptures, and bus shelter AD replacements. She has scaled and painted billboards along the BQE freeway, installed pieces in the Urban Nation Museum in Berlin, and had a 200-foot video projection on the facade of the New Museum in New York.
In Spring 2014, ELLE had a collaborative exhibition with renowned photographer Martha Cooper...
Category
2010s Street Art Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Old town . Oil on cardboard 47, x68 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Old town . Oil on cardboard 47,x68 cm.
Leonids Maurins (1934-2012)
From 1954 to 1961 studied at J. Rozentāls Riga Art School
From 1961 to 1969 studied at the Art Academy of Latvia, Pedagogical Department.
1969 - work as tutor at evening courses at the Chair of design, Latvian Academy of Arts.
1969 - first participation in an exhibition of Republican (7th Exhibition of Young Artists in Riga).
From 1969 to 1970 - execution of the artist`s first monumental decorative painting for cafe "Allegro".
1975 - participation in the exhibition of young artists in Dzintari, Exhibition Hall (G. Liepina, L. Maurins, B. Vasilevskis, M. Tabaka).
1976 - the artist was accepted as member of the Latvian Artists...
Category
1970s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Arc de Triomphe. 1988, canvas, oil, 100x92 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Arc de Triomphe. 1988, canvas, oil, 100x92 cm
Biruta Delle (born 1944.17.I)
Biruta Delle studied in Latvia Art academy (1964 – 67) and one of her most i...
Category
1980s Expressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painter. 2011, oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Painter. 2011, oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
Category
2010s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunny face. Bilateral. Cardboard, tempera, 53x35.5 cm
By Vladimir Glushenkov
Located in Riga, LV
Sunny face. Bilateral. Cardboard, tempera, 53x35.5 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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Tempera
The three graces. 2022. Oil on canvas, 146x110 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The three graces. 2022. Oil on canvas, 146x110 cm
Normunds Braslinsh (1962)
Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia
1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department
1973–1980 Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art
Has participated in photo exhibitions since 2002
A professional photographer for art editions since 1989
Has participated in exhibitions since 1980
Pedagogical Experience
Since 2004 Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art
1998 Associate Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art
Since 1997 a teacher at the Master Studio of Figurative Painting, Latvian Academy of Art
Since 1988 a teacher at the Drawing Department, Latvian Academy of Art
Solo exhibitions
2008 Normunds Brasliņš...
Category
2010s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wife portrait.Oil on cardboard, 110, 5x72, 5 cm
By Alfejs Bromults
Located in Riga, LV
Wife portrait. Oil on cardboard, 110,5x72,5 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J. Bine and...
Category
1970s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Landscape with mountains, south of France. Oil on cardboard on canvas, 38x53 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape with mountains, south of France. Oil on cardboard on canvas, 38x53 cm
Category
1970s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
By the bath. watercolor on paper, 48, 5x58, 5 cm
By Indrikis Zeberins
Located in Riga, LV
By the bath. watercolor on paper, 48,5x58,5 cm
Zeberins Indrikis
Born 1882. 30. 08 – 1969. 18. 05
Latvian painter, book illustrator, cartoon illus...
Category
1970s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lively Paris street. 1973. Oil on canvas. 54 x 73cm
By Hiro Yamagata
Located in Riga, LV
Lively Paris street. 1973. Oil on canvas. 54 x 73cm
Hiro Yamagata was born near Kyoto, Japan, went to Paris to study art, and considers himself an American artist. In his Los Angeles studio, Yamagata paints minutely detailed scenes of Paris streets, cafes and parks. He captures the essence of the naif style by presenting life in simple terms, and the world in the happiest light. His creative synthesis of photorealist and neo-primitive techniques has won countless admirers and collectors.
Yamagata's vision is unequivocally cheerful and his imagery is endlessly inventive. He works from a palette of over 100 shades of acrylic paints, and renders in exacting detail with brushes with as small as two hairs. Serigraphs of some of Yamagata's most popular paintings...
Category
1970s Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Birches. Oil on canvas. 46, 5x70, 5 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Birches. Oil on canvas. 46,5x70,5 cm.
Arnolds Pankoks (born 1914.21.IX - 2008.)
Graduated Art Academy of Latvia (1937 – 43, 1945 – 47) with diploma w...
Category
1980s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman with a glass.2019. Oil on canvas, 45x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman with a glass.2019. Oil on canvas, 45x45 cm
Normunds Braslinsh (1962)
Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia
1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department
1973–1980 Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art
Has participated in photo exhibitions since 2002
A professional photographer for art editions since 1989
Has participated in exhibitions since 1980
Pedagogical Experience
Since 2004 Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art
1998 Associate Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art
Since 1997 a teacher at the Master Studio of Figurative Painting, Latvian Academy of Art
Since 1988 a teacher at the Drawing Department, Latvian Academy of Art
Solo exhibitions
2008 Normunds Brasliņš...
Category
2010s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girls and vine. 2021. Oil on canvas, 82x79 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girls and vine. 2021. Oil on canvas, 82x79 cm
Normunds Braslinsh (1962)
Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia
1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department
1973–1980 Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art
Has participated in photo exhibitions since 2002
A professional photographer for art editions since 1989
Has participated in exhibitions since 1980
Pedagogical Experience
Since 2004 Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art
1998 Associate Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art
Since 1997 a teacher at the Master Studio of Figurative Painting, Latvian Academy of Art
Since 1988 a teacher at the Drawing Department, Latvian Academy of Art
Solo exhibitions
2008 Normunds Brasliņš...
Category
2010s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the Port. 1966, oil on cardboard, 56x69, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the Port. 1966, oil on cardboard, 56x69,5 cm
He learned at State Technique of Riga, architecture department.
1937 –Latvian academy of Art, landscape Studio of V. Purvitis, with d...
Category
1960s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
On the red carpet. 2022. Oil on canvas and cardboard, 50x40 cm
By Juris Dimiters
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anthropomorphized fruits and objec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Paris, Cafe de la Paix. Oil on canvas, 60x73 cm
By Lucien Adrion
Located in Riga, LV
Paris, Cafe de la Paix. Period 1920-1940s. Oil on canvas, 60x73 cm
Lucien Adrion (1889-1953)
was a French painter known for his depictions of the countryside and bustling street sce...
Category
1920s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ship repair. Oil on cardboard, 56x69, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ship repair. Oil on cardboard, 56x69,5 cm
He learned at State Technique of Riga, architecture department.
1937 –Latvian academy of Art, landscape Studio of V. Purvitis, with diploma...
Category
1960s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Ships in port Oil on cardboard, 56, 5x64, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ships in port. Oil on cardboard, 56,5x64,5 cm
He learned at State Technique of Riga, architecture department.
1937 –Latvian academy of Art, landscape Studio of V. Purvitis, with dip...
Category
1960s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Port. Big Ship 1964. Oil on cardboard, 55x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Port. Big Ship 1964. Oil on cardboard, 55x70 cm
He learned at State Technique of Riga, architecture department.
1937 –Latvian academy of Art, landscape Studio of V. Purvitis, with ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Transcendental vision. Oil on canvas, 93x92 cm
By Juris Zvirbulis
Located in Riga, LV
Transcendental vision. Oil on canvas, 93x92 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
1770s Abstract Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Illusion. 2022. Cardboard, canvas, oil, 70x50 cm
By Juris Dimiters
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anthropomorphized fruits and objec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
On the beach. 1976. Cardboard /mixed media. 50x59cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the beach. 1976. Cardboard /mixed media. 50x59cm
Marina landscape with beach, boats and people relaxing on the seashore.
Category
1970s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Shelter. 2022., cardboard, oil, 70x50 cm
By Juris Dimiters
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anthropomorphised fruits and objec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Venus. 2006. Oil on canvas, 66x183 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Venus. 2006. Oil on canvas, 66x183 cm
Realistic woman act on drapery
Normunds Braslinsh (1962)
Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia
1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department
1973–...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surroundings in countryside. 1963, cardboard, oil, 45 x 58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Surroundings in countryside. 1963, cardboard, oil, 45 x 58 cm
Landscape painting of Latvia countryside.
Gentle and careful brushstrokes in the foreground accents sunny day.
Color u...
Category
1960s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Parisian Street Scene. Oil on canvas, 32x46 cm
By Antoine Blanchard
Located in Riga, LV
Parisian Street Scene. Oil on canvas, 32x46 cm
Category
1950s Expressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris, Montmartre, Rue Lepic. 1965, oil on canvas 50x61 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Paris, Montmartre, Rue Lepic. 1965, oil on canvas 50x61 cm
Expressive street view. Impasto painting
Włodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916–1992)
was a Polish painter, graphician and poster a...
Category
1960s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mountain landscape with a village. 1980. Cardboard, oil. 49, 5x70cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mountain landscape with a village. 1980. Cardboard, oil. 49,5x70cm
In this work artist paid attention to infinite landscape depiction of mountains in summertime. Mountains are thought to contain divine inspiration in many forms, and are the focus of pilgrimages of transcendence and spiritual elevation. Mountains surpass ordinary humanity and extend towards the heavens. They symbolize constancy and permanence and at their peak signify the state of absolute consciousness. The visual components of color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value in this painting works together as one story of peaceful moment next to nature.
The village at the foot of the mountains is depicted in light brush strokes.
Information about artist:
Janis Lauva...
Category
1980s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Evening by the sea. 2008. Oil on canvas. 35x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Evening by the sea. 2008. Oil on canvas. 35x55 cm
Realistic seaside depiction in light colors.
Juris Germanis (1941)
The artist has always had a tend...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the evening, 1950's, oil on cardboard, 46, 5х34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the evening, 1950-ties, cardboard, oil, 46,5х34 cm
Anatoly Lebedev (1935-2014)
Category
1950s Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Act. 1978. Canvas, oil, 66x86 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Act. 1978. Canvas, oil, 66x86 cm
In this painting viewer can see beautiful young woman depicted nude. Woman is lying on soft orange surface and smiling. There is few sun rays on her knee. Painting nude figure artist wanted this work to feel timeless.
Information about artist...
Category
1970s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flower market in front of the Madeleine in Paris. Oil on canvas, 54x65 cm
By Constantine Kluge
Located in Riga, LV
Flower market in front of the Madeleine in Paris. Oil on canvas, 54x65 cm
In this fascinating painting by artist Constantin Kluge You can view Paris. This city is famous with many t...
Category
1950s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Butterfly hunting 2001, wood, oil, 50.5x34 cm
By Dmitry Lavrentjev
Located in Riga, LV
Butterfly hunting
2001, wood, oil, 50.5x34 cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Threshing 1940. Canvas, oil. 54.5x73.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Threshing 1940. Canvas, oil. 54.5x73.5 cm
Artist painted scene of every day life of countryside people in working atmosphere - threshing and haying. There is captured two haystacks, tractor, barn, and people in working process.
Information about artist...
Category
1940s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The first snow. 1989, oil on cardboard, 32, 5x40, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The first snow. 1989, oil on cardboard, 32,5x40,5 cm
The first snow depicted in the artist's work is characterized by fine detailing and nuanced colori...
Category
1980s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Colorful autumn landscape. 1979, oil on cardboard, 46, 5x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Colorful autumn landscape. 1979, oil on cardboard, 46,5x60 cm
Based on reality, artist painted expressionistic landscapes in which he dramatized the expression of shapes and colors....
Category
1970s Expressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Folk girl. Paper, watercolor, 110x76 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Folk girl. Paper, watercolor, 110x76 cm
Dzemma Skulme worked in oil, acrylic and water-colors. She developed the theme of the caryatid, wherein she ende...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sunny foliage. 2010. Cardboard, oil. 69x87, 5 cm
By Edgars Vinters
Located in Riga, LV
Sunny foliage. 2010. Cardboard, oil. 70x89,5 cm
In this work of art, the author has captured a beautiful forest road crowned by a gorgeous tree canopy on a sunny day. A rich play of green tones portrays a mysterious atmosphere, while the sun's rays in the leaves of the trees give this painting lively energy and peace.
Information about artist Edgars Vinters...
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
By Mykola Krychevsky
Located in Riga, LV
View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
Category
1950s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chimney Sweeper, 2010., oil on canvas, 60x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Chimney Sweeper, 2010., oil on canvas, 60x60 cm
A boy on a rooftop, looking into a chimney.
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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Threads. Paper, watercolor, 100x72 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Threads. Paper, watercolor, 100x72 cm
Dzemma Skulme worked in oil, acrylic and water-colors. She developed the theme of the caryatid, wherein she endeav...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Blonde. 1996. Oil on cardboard, 83x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Blonde. 1996. Oil on cardboard, 83x90 cm
This depiction of blonde young nude woman on dark green background and turquoise color surface shows artist Laimdots Murnieks...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Dreamer. 1996. Oil on cardboard, 83x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dreamer. 1996. Oil on cardboard, 83x90 cm
This depiction of young nude woman lying down on green blue surface shows artist Laimdots Murnieks as a master of forms and color field are...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The lady on the chair. 1978. Paper, mixed media, 20x12 cm
By Juris Zvirbulis
Located in Riga, LV
The lady on the chair. Paper, mixed media, 20x12 cm
A loose and veiled painting depicts a beautiful woman with a mysterious nature. Colors are mixed freely and combined with graphic elements of dress. Powerful lightning expresses ladies outfit and face.
Information about artist:
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...
Category
1970s Naturalistic Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Mixed Media
Girl with red hair. 1996. Oil on cardboard, 90x83 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girl with red hair. 1996. Oil on cardboard, 90x83 cm
This depiction of young nude woman with red hair on green-pink-blue background shows the artist as a master of forms and color field areas.
Laimdots Murnieks...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Stones on the seashore. 1959. Canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Stones on the seashore. 1959. Canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
In the artist's work, the stones on the seashore are painted with safe strokes. The color of the work is soft and saturated at the same time.
Waves are lapping in the distance.
The artist has devoted his attention to the depiction of a rocky seashore on the coast of the Vidzeme Sea, which is the eastern shore of the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea.
Aleksandrs Zviedris...
Category
1950s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soldier. 1950. Cardboard, author technique, 39, 5x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Soldier. 1950. Cardboard, author technique, 39,5x20 cm
Artwork depicts a soldier in motion. Author has used a mixed media technique on cardboard. Both the soldier himself and the fe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint, Mixed Media, Cardboard, Stencil, Other Medium
Wind gestures. 1991. Oil on cardboard. 91, 5x85 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Wind gestures. 1991. Oil on cardboard. 91,5x85 cm
This depiction of trees shows artist Laimdots Murnieks as a master of nature representation.
Ev...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
