Which Latvian-born artist painted 'The Seagram Murals'?
"D.C. During the period in which Rothko worked on his murals, the Four Seasons rented Jackson Pollock's masterpiece ""Blue Poles"" from its then-owner, art collector Ben Heller. John Logan's Tony Award-winning 2010 play ""Red"" dramatizes Rothko's time working on the Seagram Murals. From 1975 until 1985 four paintings by Ronnie Landfield from the collection of Philip Johnson were installed on the wall that had been initially planned for the Mark Rothko commission. In 1985 the artist James Rosenquist was commissioned to install a permanent mural on the wall; the Landfield paintings were returned to Philip Johnson. A major Richard Lippold"
"Simon Segal Simon Segal (Białystok 1898 – Arcachon 1969) was a Polish Jewish or Russian Jewish (sources vary) figurative painter and member of the School of Paris of Jewish heritage born in the Russian Empire (now Poland) who emigrated to France in 1925 and was naturalized in 1949. He painted portraits, animals, landscapes and seascapes and created illustrations and mosaics. His scarce work is characterized by an austere but expressive style epitomized by his works from La Hague (1946–1953). Segal was born to Jewish parents in Białystok, then in the Russian Empire, but for centuries part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth."
"János Hajnal János “Giovanni” Hajnal (Budapest, 27 August 1913 – Rome, 9 October 2010) was a Hungarian naturalized Italian artist and illustrator, he is considered one of the major contemporary creator of glass walls and mosaics. Hungarian born, Hajnal graduated from the Art Academy in Budapest; he then attended art academies in Frankfurt, Stockholm and Rome.[1] He started his artistic profession as book illustrator which he continued to pursue throughout his career. Hajnal visited Italy for the first time in 1931 when he walked from Budapest to Florence in order to admire Italian art.[1] He relocated permanently in Rome in"
"Eugene Garin Eugene Garin (30 November 1922, Odesa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic – 14 June 1994, California, United States) was a contemporary seascape artist. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, (under USSR at the time) Garin was the most influential contemporary seascape artist. He spawned and inspired many of today's great seascapists through his tremendous talent and imagination. Garin was best known for his rendition of the transparent wave. Influenced by the Russian painter Peter Effremovich Fedatov during his youth in Odessa, Ukraine and later by the works of I. K. Aivazowsky, Garin has combined the traditional beauty of European art with"
"Lasar Segall Lasar Segall (July 21, 1891 – August 2, 1957) was a Brazilian Jewish painter, engraver and sculptor born in Lithuania. Segall's work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism. His most significant themes were depictions of human suffering, war, persecution and prostitution. Segall was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, the son of a Torah scribe. Segall moved to Berlin at the age of 15 and studied first at Berlin Königliche Akademie der Künste from 1906 to 1910. At the end of 1910 he moved to Dresden to continue his studies at the Kunstakademie Dresden as a ""Meisterschüler"". Segall published"
"of wall pieces or ‘Bodies’ and Engrams (‘Norigrammes’) as site-specific installations in the urban architecture. Parallel to this he developed site-specific “Fugues” for the rooms of museums, churches or galleries. Diet Sayler Diet Sayler (born in 1939 in Timișoara, Romania) is a German painter and sculptor. Diet Sayler studied Structural Engineering at the Technical University of Timișoara (1956–1961) and Painting under Julius Podlipny. In the early 1960s he created an abstract painting that was subsequently defamed as Western and decadent and excluded from all exhibitions. It was not until 1968, during the Prague Spring, that the exhibition ""5 young artists"""
"Lev Lagorio Lev Feliksovich Lagorio (Russian: Лев Феликсович Лагорио; 9 December 1826, Feodosia, Ukraine - 17 November 1905, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Empire painter and watercolorist, known primarily for his seascapes and maritime scenes. He was associated with the ""Cimmerian"" school of painting, composed of artists who worked in Southern Crimea. His father, Felice Lagorio (1781-1857) was a Genoese merchant serving as Vice-Consul for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. From 1839 to 1840, he received his first artistic training in the studios of Ivan Aivazovsky. In 1842, with the support of , the Governor of Taurida, he was"
"Karlstrom in 1997. Karlstrom later published a fully illustrated book entitled """"Raimonds Staprans: Art of Tranquility and Turbulence"""". Raimonds Staprans Raimonds Staprans (Latvian: ""Raimonds Staprāns"") is a well-known artist and playwright both in the United States and his native Latvia. Staprans was born in 1926 in Riga, Latvia. He now lives in San Francisco, California with his wife, scientist Ilona Staprāns. He has two daughters, Maretta Staprāns-Barlow and Alda Staprāns-Mednis. After living in occupied Latvia and in a Displaced Persons camp during World War II, Staprans immigrated to the United States with his family in 1947. He studied art at"
"In 1900, he was named an honorary member of the Academy. He is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. Lev Lagorio Lev Feliksovich Lagorio (Russian: Лев Феликсович Лагорио; 9 December 1826, Feodosia, Ukraine - 17 November 1905, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Empire painter and watercolorist, known primarily for his seascapes and maritime scenes. He was associated with the ""Cimmerian"" school of painting, composed of artists who worked in Southern Crimea. His father, Felice Lagorio (1781-1857) was a Genoese merchant serving as Vice-Consul for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. From 1839 to 1840, he received his first artistic training in the"
"Kazys Abromavičius Kazys Valdemaras Abromavičius (born 4 March 1928 in Kulautuva) is a Lithuanian painter. He graduated from the Lithuanian Art Institute in 1954 with stained-glass as his specialty. From 1954-1957 he worked in Kaunas, from 1960-1964 at the Ministry of Culture and 1964-1980 at the Lithuanian Art Museum. He was noted for his watercolor landscapes such as the ""Curonian Lagoon"" in 1979, ""Nida Dunes"" in 1986, and ""Sunflowers"" in 1997. He is also a portrait painter, his paintings such as ""The Actress Eugenija Pleškytė"" in 1970 and ""Woman with the Hat"" (1996), characterized by lyricism and use of transparent"
"works have been on tour around the world for public display. Admired by art critics and his contemporaries, Garin is assured a place in history. Eugene Garin Eugene Garin (30 November 1922, Odesa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic – 14 June 1994, California, United States) was a contemporary seascape artist. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, (under USSR at the time) Garin was the most influential contemporary seascape artist. He spawned and inspired many of today's great seascapists through his tremendous talent and imagination. Garin was best known for his rendition of the transparent wave. Influenced by the Russian painter Peter Effremovich Fedatov"
"Vija Celmins Vija Celmins is an acclaimed Latvian-American visual artist best known for photo-realistic paintings and drawings of natural environments and phenomena such as the ocean, spider webs, star fields, and rocks. Her earlier work included pop sculptures and monochromatic representational paintings. Based in New York City, she has been the subject of over forty solo exhibitions since 1965, and major retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Vija Celmins (pronounced VEE-ya SELL-muns, TSEL-meench, in Latvian) was born on"
"Lydia Mei Lydia Mei (2 July 1896 - 14 September 1965) was an Estonian artist who specialized in watercolors and still lifes. Born on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, Lydia Mei was the middle child of the three daughters of a ship's captain. All three sisters would become artists, with Lydia Mei and Natalie Mei achieving public prominence during the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) period of Estonian art of the 1920s and sister Kristine Mei becoming a sculptor. Mei studied architecture at the Petrograd Women's Polytechnic Institute until 1918. But she became famous as a watercolorist in late 1920s. She"
"color. In 1956, he was discovered by Lida Meškaitytė. Since 1957, he has participated in many exhibitions, and held individual exhibitions. His works are in the museums in Lithuania and Latvia (Riga). Kazys Abromavičius Kazys Valdemaras Abromavičius (born 4 March 1928 in Kulautuva) is a Lithuanian painter. He graduated from the Lithuanian Art Institute in 1954 with stained-glass as his specialty. From 1954-1957 he worked in Kaunas, from 1960-1964 at the Ministry of Culture and 1964-1980 at the Lithuanian Art Museum. He was noted for his watercolor landscapes such as the ""Curonian Lagoon"" in 1979, ""Nida Dunes"" in 1986, and"
"Džemma Skulme Džemma Lija Skulme (); (born in Riga, Latvia on 20 September 1925) is a Latvian artist and modernist painter. Džemma Skulme’s personality plays a paramount role in Latvian art development and social life of Latvia in the second half of the 20th century. Džemma Skulme comes from the Skulme family of artists. She is the daughter of Latvian painter Oto Skulme (1889-1967) and Latvia’s first woman sculptor Marta Liepiņa - Skulme (1890–1962). Oto, Marta, and Džemma’s uncle Uga Skulme were members of the Riga Artists Group who determined the development of art in Latvia in the 1930s. In"
"Džemma Skulme Džemma Lija Skulme (); (born in Riga, Latvia on 20 September 1925) is a Latvian artist and modernist painter. Džemma Skulme’s personality plays a paramount role in Latvian art development and social life of Latvia in the second half of the 20th century. Džemma Skulme comes from the Skulme family of artists. She is the daughter of Latvian painter Oto Skulme (1889-1967) and Latvia’s first woman sculptor Marta Liepiņa - Skulme (1890–1962). Oto, Marta, and Džemma’s uncle Uga Skulme were members of the Riga Artists Group who determined the development of art in Latvia in the 1930s. In"
"Abraham Bogdanove Abraham Jacob Bogdanove (September 2, 1888- August 1946) was an American artist, mural painter, and teacher best known for his seascape paintings of the Maine coast, particularly around Monhegan Island. Bogdanove was born in Minsk, (Russian Empire now Belarus), on September 2, 1888, and moved with his family to New York City on December 25, 1900. For the next ten years he studied, first from 1901-1903 at Cooper Union, then from 1903-1911 at the National Academy of Design, and also at Columbia University School of Architecture from 1908-1910, while simultaneously painting advertisement displays and drafting for the New"
"Alexander Beggrov Alexander Karlovich Beggrov (Alexander Beggrow, , ) was a Russian landscape and marine art painter of Baltic German origin, notable for his seascapes and Saint Petersburg cityscapes. Alexander Beggrov was a son of Karl Beggrov (Beggrow), a German painter who spent all his career in Russia. He decided to become a naval officer, and in 1863, he went into the navy. In particular, in 1871-1872 he participated in the round-the-world journey. Still as a naval officer, in 1868 he started his art studies under the supervision of Alexey Bogolyubov. In 1873, Bogolyubov moved to France, and Beggrov, who"
"for the Bible (Labergerie, 1957) and the Apocalypse (Michel Kieffer, 1969). He died in 1969. His friend Dr. Pierre Osenat has him buried in Arcachon. Simon Segal Simon Segal (Białystok 1898 – Arcachon 1969) was a Polish Jewish or Russian Jewish (sources vary) figurative painter and member of the School of Paris of Jewish heritage born in the Russian Empire (now Poland) who emigrated to France in 1925 and was naturalized in 1949. He painted portraits, animals, landscapes and seascapes and created illustrations and mosaics. His scarce work is characterized by an austere but expressive style epitomized by his works"
"Johann Walter-Kurau Johann Walter-Kurau, also known as Jānis Valters (Latvian) or Johann Walter, (3 February 1869 – 19 December 1932) was a Latvian painter. Walter was born in Jelgava, south of Riga, and had German citizenship through his Baltic German mother. He studied art at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg with Janis Rozentāls and Vilhelms Purvītis, and built up an oeuvre that ranged from the academic realism of the 1890s, through a style inspired by Impressionism and Expressionism, to the verge of abstraction with a peculiar non-objective vision of nature late in his career. At the turn"
"later married sculptor Anton Starkopf and is occasionally credited with the name Lydia Mei-Starkopf. She died in 1965 in the capital city of Tallinn. Lydia Mei Lydia Mei (2 July 1896 - 14 September 1965) was an Estonian artist who specialized in watercolors and still lifes. Born on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, Lydia Mei was the middle child of the three daughters of a ship's captain. All three sisters would become artists, with Lydia Mei and Natalie Mei achieving public prominence during the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) period of Estonian art of the 1920s and sister Kristine Mei becoming"
"in Brazil is of one entirely different than other art forms. The Museum is intact today because of Brazil's concern to maintain their strong nationality and to preserve Lasar Segall's culturally influenced art dedicated for Brazil. Lasar Segall Lasar Segall (July 21, 1891 – August 2, 1957) was a Brazilian Jewish painter, engraver and sculptor born in Lithuania. Segall's work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism. His most significant themes were depictions of human suffering, war, persecution and prostitution. Segall was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, the son of a Torah scribe. Segall moved to Berlin at the age of"
"Hjalmar Munsterhjelm Magnus Hjalmar Munsterhjelm (19 October 1840, Tuulos - 2 April 1905, Helsinki) was a Swedish-Finnish landscape painter. He studied in Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe under Hans Gude in the early 1860s. He painted landscapes ""influenced by the romantic notions of the Düsseldorf school, while also evincing new, more realistic impulses"". His landscape ""October Evening in the Archipelago after First Snow, 1883"" was purchased by Alexander III in 1885; the painting is now in the Ateneum Art Museum. Two of his works, ""The Evening, in Finland"" and ""The Night"" were displayed at the Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris. His work"
"conditional colour pattern in oil and water colour which he augmented with various graphic techniques (Indian ink, drawing, linocut, woodcut). Over 40 of his oil paintings as well as around 150 of his water colours and drawings are exhibited at the Latvian State Museum of Art. Jēkabs Kazaks Jēkabs Kazaks (18 February 1895, in Riga – 30 November 1920, in Riga) was a Latvian modernist painter. Kazaks was born in a relatively meager surroundings and had to struggle to finish his high school education. He studied at the Riga Art School between 1913 and 1915 (under Vilhelms Purvītis and Roberts"
"Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Max (Mordechai) Farbmann (1 April 1886 – 20 April 1950) was a Lithuanian Jewish sculptor who achieved prominence in Europe, particularly Vienna, Austria, during the early 20th century. He was responsible for designing the Lithuanian Independence Monument in his native Salakas. Max (Mordechai) Farbmann was born in 1886 in Salakas (Solok) in present-day Lithuania, and moved to Vienna at the age of 20 to study sculpture. There, he earned a reputation, leading the Vienna Arts Academy to purchase one of his works – a noted achievement for a Jewish artist. Among his works were commissioned sculpted busts"
"Estonia, where he painted idyllic landscapes of the sea and the countryside. Eugen Dücker Eugen Gustav Dücker (also ""Eugène Gustav Dücker""; Arensburg (now Kuressaare, Estonia) – 6 December 1916 Düsseldorf, Germany) was a romanticist Baltic German painter. He lived and developed almost all his career in Düsseldorf. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. A notable student of his was the Norwegian landscape painter Adelsteen Normann who studied with Dücker from 1869 to 1872. Other pupils included Heinrich Hermanns, Franz Korwan, Georg Macco, Otto Modersohn, Fritz Overbeck, Edgar Meyer, Heinrich Petersen-Angeln, Oskar Hoffmann and Carl Wuttke. Despite his"
"other patriotic works and displays. In February 2016, a design by Feldbergs was announced as the provisional winner of a contest for a monument in Daugavpils to commemorate the centenary of Latvian independence in 2018. In 2009 he was awarded the Order of the Three Stars. Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs is a Latvian sculptor. He founded the Pedvale Open Air Museum in 1992. Ojārs Feldbergs was born in Riga, Latvia. He graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Latvian Academy of Fine Arts in 1976. In January, 1991, four large granite blocks from his studio formed the"
"Natalie Mei Natalie Johanna Mei (10 January 1900 – 29 July 1975) was an Estonian painter and graphic artist. Born on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, Natalie Mei was one of three daughters of a ship's captain. All three sisters would become artists, with Natalie and older sister Lydia Mei achieving public prominence during the ""Neue Sachlichkeit"" (New Objectivity) period of Estonian art of the 1920s. Mei also worked as a costume designer and taught at the Tallinn Art Institute. Mei is buried at the Rahumäe cemetery in Tallinn. Pihlak, Elvi: ""Lydia Mei - Natüürmortide ja lillemaalide meister"" in: ""Kunst"""
"museums in Israel and Austria. Visual arts in Israel Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Max (Mordechai) Farbmann (1 April 1886 – 20 April 1950) was a Lithuanian Jewish sculptor who achieved prominence in Europe, particularly Vienna, Austria, during the early 20th century. He was responsible for designing the Lithuanian Independence Monument in his native Salakas. Max (Mordechai) Farbmann was born in 1886 in Salakas (Solok) in present-day Lithuania, and moved to Vienna at the age of 20 to study sculpture. There, he earned a reputation, leading the Vienna Arts Academy to purchase one of his works – a noted achievement for a"
"Valdis Celms Valdis Celms (born 24 October 1943) is a Latvian artist and the leader of the neopagan organization Latvijas Dievtuŗu sadraudze. Celms was educated at the Art Academy of Latvia. He is considered one of the founders of kinetic art in Latvia due to his exploration of the artform in the 1960s. He became prominent in the Latvian artworld in the 1970s with his kinetic art, photomontages and graphic design. In 1980 he designed the large ""Riga"" signs that welcome people as they enter the Latvian capital through its main roads. In 2007 he published the book ""Latvju raksts"
"Ilgvars Zalāns Ilgvars Zalāns (born 24 September 1962) is a Latvian painter. He is generally identified as an Expressionist and is one of the most influential contemporary expressionist painters in northern Europe. In the course of his career he was influenced by Gutai group, Fluxus movement and other modern art activists and has turned more to the scene of action-painting. Since 2007 Ilgvars Zalans had a 33-country world tour with his action-painting performances. In the past years he has actively taken the opportunities offered by artist residences, thereby traveling almost half of the world. Lately, his art is better known"
"Raimonds Staprans Raimonds Staprans (Latvian: ""Raimonds Staprāns"") is a well-known artist and playwright both in the United States and his native Latvia. Staprans was born in 1926 in Riga, Latvia. He now lives in San Francisco, California with his wife, scientist Ilona Staprāns. He has two daughters, Maretta Staprāns-Barlow and Alda Staprāns-Mednis. After living in occupied Latvia and in a Displaced Persons camp during World War II, Staprans immigrated to the United States with his family in 1947. He studied art at the University of Washington under Alexander Archipenko and Mark Tobey, then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area"
"artists in Latvia during the first half of the 20th century. Sigismunds Vidbergs Sigismunds Vidbergs (1890, Jelgava – 1970, River Edge, New Jersey) was a Latvian artist. Sigismunds Vidbergs came from an upper middle class family in Jelgava, where his father was a civil servant. He was encouraged to study art by his art teacher in school, and was introduced by him to the atelier of Johann Walter-Kurau. He then pursued art studies at the present-day Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy. He participated in an exhibition of Latvian artists in Riga in 1913, and in 1915 obtained his diploma"