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Item Ships From: Latvia
Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55, 5x31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Consolation. 2020., canvas, pastel, 55,5x31 cm
Composition with figures
Category
2010s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Canvas
Rain. Oil on canvas, 90X65 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Rain. Oil on canvas, 90X65 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 fiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In work/Four figures. Double-sided, cardboard, tempera, 56x47 cm
By Vladimir Glushenkov
Located in Riga, LV
In work/Four figures. Double-sided, cardboard, tempera, 56x47 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
1970s Surrealist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard, Tempera
Fight with Inner Demons. 2018, author technique on canvas, 100x100cm
By Agate Apkalne
Located in Riga, LV
Fight with Inner Demons. 2018, author technique, 100x100cm
Agate Apkalne.
Born in Riga, 1977
Education:
2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of Latvia
1998 ...
Category
2010s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
Jazz. Man with saxophone. Oil on canvas. 73x100 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Jazz. Oil on canvas. 73x100 cm
Man with saxophone
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Angels. Oil on wood 60X80 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Angels. Oil on wood 60X80 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 five...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Boy. 2014. Oil on canvas 90x63 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Boy. 2014. Oil on canvas 90x63 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madame. Oil on canvas, 100x80 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Madame. Oil on canvas, 100x80 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creatin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Folk story. 1960. Canvas, oil, 39x49 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Folk story. 1960. Canvas, oil, 39x49 cm
Category
1960s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Will-o'-the-wisp. 2018, oil on canvas, 100x100cm
By Agate Apkalne
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
2010s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100 cm
By Agate Apkalne
Located in Riga, LV
Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100cm
Agate Apkalne.
Born in Riga, 1977
Education:
2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of Latvia
1998 ...
Category
2010s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coral Angel. Oil on wood, 70X70 cm
By Vadim Kovalev
Located in Riga, LV
Coral Angel. Oil on wood, 70X70 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 wa...
Category
2010s Surrealist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Human touch XI. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch XI. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took part in several exchange progra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Love hate. 2006, mixed media, canvas, 120x100 cm
By Kristians Brekte
Located in Riga, LV
Love hate. 2006, oil on canvas, 120x100 cm
Erotic portrait of two women on pink background in BDSM style. Stencil art
Kristians Brekte (1981)
Educati...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painting copy. 2000. Oil on сanvas, 73x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec painting "La Goulue, together with two women" Moulin Rouge "" copy - Unknown artist, oil on сanvas, 73x60 cm
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Human touch XII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch XII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took part in several exchange progr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Human touch VII. Large size painting. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 120x150 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch VII. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 120x150 cm
Large size painting
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kolkhoz in winter. 1950, oil on cardboard, 28.5x35.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
skiers by Kolkhoz at winter
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 aroun...
Category
1950s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Human touch XIII. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 16x17 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Human touch XIV. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch XIV. 2019. Acrylic on paper, 17x16 cm
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Bright Still Life with fruits and vase. 2020. Oil on canvas, 70x75cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bright Still Life with fruits and vase. 2020. Oil on canvas, 70x75cm
Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At work. 1950, oil on cardboard, 49x69 cm
By Alfejs Bromults
Located in Riga, LV
At work. 1950, oil on cardboard, 49x69 cm
Socrealist artworks, women are sorting sprats
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National Uni...
Category
1950s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, 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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Human touch X. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 25x25 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch X. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took part...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Human touch IX. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 45x45 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Human touch VIII. 2020. Canvas, acrylic, 60x41 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch VIII. 2020. Canvas, acrylic, 60x41 cm
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gypsy girl, 1947. Oil on canvas, 34x37 cm
By Jadviga Zjilvinska
Located in Riga, LV
Jadviga Žilvinska (1918-2010) was born in Tallinn.
She grew up in Liepāja, where her great interest in art began and strengthened, which led the young artist to study at the Art Aca...
Category
20th Century Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tuileries garden. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tuileries garden. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 38x50 cm
Rest at the café with a view on panoramic wheel
Ingrida Irbe (1969)
Born 15th of June 1969 in Riga
Education:
1980. – 19...
Category
2010s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Human touch XV. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 20x30 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
Human touch XV. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 20x30 cm
Irina Spakova, Riga based artist from Latvia (1987).
She holds Ba & Ma degrees in Visual Arts, took par...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Human touch XVII. 2021. Canvas, acrylic, 30x40 cm
By Irina Spakova
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
At the ball. Paris. Oil on canvas, 50, 2x69, 3 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the ball. Paris. Oil on canvas, 50,2x69,3 cm
Category
1960s Impressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris. 2009, canvas on cardboard, oil, 30x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Paris. 2009, canvas on cardboard, oil, 30x40 cm
Sunny day in Paris with people and cars
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard, Oil
Fishes. Underwater world. Blue, green colors. 2018. Oil on canvas, 80x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Painting with fishes, underwater world
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circus Princess. 2015. Oil on canvas, 65x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Circus Princess. 2015. Oil on canvas, 65x60 cm
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
Oil, Canvas
Boulevard de la Madeleine Oil on canvas, 33, 3x46 cm
By Antoine Blanchard
Located in Riga, LV
Boulevard de la Madeleine. Oil on canvas, 33,3x46 cm
Street in Paris at evening
Category
1950s Expressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Saxophonist. 2021. Oil on canvas, 80x60cm
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hillfort. 2011. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 100x70 cm
By Aija Zarina
Located in Riga, LV
Aija Zariņa is a prominent personality in Latvian art, actively advocating for idealism and personal freedom, against conformism. Her main theme is human existence, its fundamental c...
Category
2010s Symbolist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Peaches. 2020. Oil on canvas, 50x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bright colorful Still Life with peaches and man, on the background beautiful sunny landscape with blue sky and mountains
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
Sea. 1988. Paper, gouache, 86x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sea. 1968. Paper, gouache, 86x60 cm
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Good morning. 2018. Oil on canvas, 100x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Good morning. 2018. Oil on canvas, 100x130 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On leaving. 2003, oil on canvas, 79x67 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Gardener. 2018. Oil on canvas, 70x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gardener. 2018. Oil on canvas, 70x60 cm
Colorful bright artwork with gardener
Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9, 5x6 cm; 9x6cm
Located in Riga, LV
Heights & fast sketch. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 9,5x6 cm; 9x6cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in...
Category
1960s Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Businessman. 2018. Oil on canvas, 100x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Businessman. 2018. Oil on canvas, 100x130 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dreamer #2. 2018. Oil on canvas, 110x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dreamer #2. 2018. Oil on canvas, 110x130 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moment of creation. 2019. Oil on canvas, diptych, 80x200 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Moment of creation. 2019. Oil on canvas, diptych, 80x200 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young adult. 2018. Oil on canvas, 120x150cm
Located in Riga, LV
Young adult. 2018. Oil on canvas, 120x150 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl with wild flowers. 2002, canvas, oil, 64x64 cm
By Valeria Shuvalova
Located in Riga, LV
Girl with wild flowers. 2002, canvas, oil, 64x64 cm
Category
Early 2000s Realist Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mr Millerson with Mrs. 1959. Paper, mixed media, 16x6.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mr Millerson with Mrs. 1959. Paper, mixed media, 16x6.5 cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artist...
Category
1950s Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Youth. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Youth. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to pu...
Category
1960s Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Conversation. 2019. Oil on canvas, 82x75 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Conversation. 2019. Oil on canvas, 82x75 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moloch. 1989. Paper, etching, 53.5x38 cm
By Nikolai Uvarov
Located in Riga, LV
Moloch. 1989. Paper, etching, 53.5x38 cm
Category
1980s Conceptual Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Etching, Paper
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 - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
At night. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At night. 1961. Paper, mixed media, 14x10 cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to...
Category
1960s Modern Latvia - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
