Featured painters

Ancans, Benjamins

Exiled graphic artist and painter from Latgale. Characters of his satirical drawings are people and animals as well as the author himself. Characters could be best described as having a puerile naivety, enthusiasm, both cheery and sad smiles with thoughtful wrinkles of doubt covering their faces. Drawing done on Indian ink have a delicate lining, print of graphically overlapping tables, exaggeratingly expressive movements of the characters. Continue...>>>

Beketov, Yakov

Painter and teacher who devoted most of his efforts for a landscape genre. Rezekne, its surroundings, countryside of Latgale - these are most common themes in his oil paintings and paintings in water - colors. Continue...>>>

Buls, Bertulis

A sculptor, currently living and working in Riga, although having spent and devoted most of his professional life for his native Latgale. He creates sculptures and relieves which represent everyday chores of country folk, faces and characters of people drawn from his childhood memories. He has greatly contributed to the perpetuation of the memories of culture activists of Latgale by setting up their gravestones and memorials. Continue...>>>

Egle, Arvids

He worked a lot in a portrait and still - life painting genre. Also painted self - portraits, his closest relatives - his father, mother, children as well as his wife and other artists. A special joy of colors radiates from his still - life compositions done with favorite country flowers in vases. Continue...>>>

Gleizdans, Peteris

Known as a book illustrator, poster designer and author of satirically oriented drawings and bookmarks, Peteris Gleizdans has also been a teacher. Versatile graphic artist both in selection of genres and technique, he worked in etching, zincography and Indian ink drawing in water color. Developed his own special technique by supplementing water colors with etching. Continue...>>>

Gruzdinsh, Vilis

Famous painter, self - taught person. He paints rural and urban landscapes, still - life paintings. Follows traditions of realism basing his compositions according to the line rhythms detected in nature. He portraits the intended motif as close to reality as he possibly can. In his works he most often depicted nature of Latgale, Rezekne and its surroundings. Continue...>>>

Kalvans, Vitalijs

Prominent painter of Latvian realistic landscape who announced himself in the field of art in 1930 - ties. Known as a talented landscapist in a total view of Latvian art. Vitalijs Kalvans has traveled a lot painting in a countryside around Koknese and Sigulda, on the banks of Gauja and Daugava, on Vidzeme seashore, on the left bank of Daugava in Riga. Continue...>>>

Kreics, Stanislavs

Prominent painter of landscapes, marinas and genre painting. Has painted many lakes of his native Latgale, landscapes of small towns, Daugava, Baltic sea, Atlantic ocean, scenes of fishermen at work. Stanislavs Kreics has been a keeper of the traditions of Latvian tonal painting. Very productive artist, he has worked in oil painting and water color painting techniques. Continue...>>>

Paura, Elga

Painter who has perfected an especially easygoing and adroit painting manner in water colors. She also paints in oil. Usual themes to be found in her paintings are scenes of country life and of festivities which are expanded into wide figurative compositions. Her favorite genres - landscape and still - life. Continue...>>>

Paurs, Vladislavs

A painter and a teacher, paints in a water color technique. Mostly worked in landscape and still - life genres, in his figurative compositions he reveals inner life processes and their connection with the nature. Creates harmonic and laconic general view of the painting by emphasizing the essential and discarding that of little importance. Continue...>>>

Pavlovskis, Bronislavs

Painter, landscapist, an advocate of realism in art. He is looking for an inspiration in nature, mostly by painting in flakes. Has shown interest in a landscape moods over different seasons. His paintings could be characterized by subdued range of colors brought closer to the one seen in nature. Favorite motifs - river creeks, country houses near lakes, streets of small towns. Continue...>>>

Pigoznis, Jazeps

Very versatile in his creative manifestations, a popular artist. Works mostly in paintings though has been involved in easel drawings, press and book graphics, applied graphics, poster form and publishing. Well known in oil painting as an excellent landscapist, his favorite motif - forests. Has tried to reach generalized revelation of nature images in a realistically seized landscapes and small town scenes, has painted many feminine figures and nude acts. Continue...>>>

Rancans, Antons

Well - known wood carver and a teacher, has been working as an interior designer and a painter. Has carved interior decors, round sculptures and relieves. Especially original are his sculptural caricatures depicting famous people with good humored features of characters and society life worth an ironic smirk. Continue...>>>

Svilane - Kuzmina, Helena

Popular painter, works in a oil painting technique. Paints expressively, paying most of the attention to the coloring of the painting. The most popular genres in her artistic carrier are still - life and landscape. Continue...>>>

Svirskis, Vitolds

Noteworthy because of his expressively dynamic landscapes - lakes of Latgale, groves, hillocks, Daugava, primeval hollow of Gauja and graphically accomplished portraits of remarkable individuals (around 8,000 drawings). Particularly noticeable range of colors are shown in matured summer and autumn landscapes. Continue...>>>

Tomashickis, Leons

Remarkable sculptor and teacher. His most important lifetime achievement is devoted to his native Latgale - he's been an author of idea for liberation statue of Latgale "United for Latvia" (common name being "Latgales Mara") and created a statue of the Virgin in Ludza. In all genres he held on to realistic revelation of the image in art by following academic traditions. Continue...>>>

Unda, Janis

One of the most famous water color painters of the older generation. Painted mostly landscapes of countryside and urban areas as well as still - life and portraits. Coloring is dominated by impregnated dark tones in contrast with brightly green, red, orange or blue. Continue...>>>

Varslavans, Francisks

Remarkable painter, worked in landscape, portrait and genre painting, had drawn costume sketches for a theatre. Most of his painting was done in oil technique. He used subdued coloring when painting streets of Rezekne suburbs, everyday life of rural people, revealed himself more expressively in a portrait genre by turning to the discovery of the inner world of an individual. Continue...>>>

Zeile, Gertrude

Known as a painter of portraits, genre painting, acts and still - life. In her portraits she pays most of the attention to revealing human personality and character. In compositions of genre painting she often paints scenes of childhood memories remaining from the time she spent in the countryside of Latgale, turning to motifs of work, bread, human life and its meaning. Continue...>>>

Zvejsalnieks, Osvalds

Strong, peculiar nurser and creator of classical traditions of Latvian painting, active organizer of public and cultural life in Latgale, arts teacher for many years. Continue...>>>

Zvidris, Antons

Exiled artist and poet from Latgale, public figure. While living in foreign country he still kept love for his fatherland deep in his heart and devoted all his work efforts on behalf of Latvia. He expressed his longing for homeland and pain for the destiny of his nation in oil paintings, wood sculptures as well as in poems and publishing. Continue...>>>