Vispareja makslas izstade Riga : Pilsetas makslas muzeja : 1. V 23. V 1943 (All-Latvian Art Exhibition in Riga : Riga City Art Museum : May 1-23, 1943) [Catalogue]

Text by Janis Silins

Edité par Pilsetas makslas muzeja, Riga (Riga City Art Museum), 1943

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Latvian language. Octavo 13 x 17 cm. Weight 40 g. 40 pp., including wrappers. The book is in Near Fine condition without any visible defects, losses, remarks. Cover shows multiple minor foxing spots, and dark fingerprint marks to the bottom right corner of the front cover; internally some occasional light foxing mainly to the outer bottom corner of the pages. Current the second All-Latvian art exhibition was held at the Riga City Art Museum in the period of Nazi occupation (the first one was in 1942) from May 1 to 23, 1943. Among exhibition Organizing Committee members was Professor Vilhelms Purvitis, and Jury included most prominent artists of the time - Ludolfs Liberts, Janis Kuga, Burkards Dzenis, Teodors Zalkalns, Valdemars Tone, Erasts veics, Julijs Jegers, some of them also displayed their works at the present exhibition. A total of 192 participants demonstrated 326 works. Here are just some of the participants names: Augusts Annus, Aleksandra Belcova, Jekabs Bine, Eduards Kalnin , Janis Liepin , Uga Skulme, Niklavs Strunke, Leo Svemps, Konrads Ubans, Peteris Upitis, Valdis Kalnroze, Karlis Miesnieks, etc. Wartime brought some changes in Latvian art life. Firstly, the public showed great interest in the art exhibitions, with the number of visitors reaching in the current exhibition by more than 15 000. Another characteristic feature of the period was the purchasing of works of art, particularly from exhibitions. About one fourth of works displayed at the exhibition under review were sold. Works of art were bought by local people as well as by Germans. Such large-scale purchasing of works of art helped many Latvian artists to survive. These years did not favoured modernist artistic experiments, the most favourite art genres became realist landscape and still life. Latvian art critics suggested that artists should find ways for expressing the tragic and pain of the time, and show the struggles of war. But it was really difficult to express such thoughts and feelings in an occupied country, so arts subjects as well as its methods were stabilised in the framework of honest conservatism. An exhibition catalog includes preface with the characteristics of the period by art historian Janis Silin , list of artworks with indication of used technique and price.

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• Titre: Vispareja makslas izstade Riga : Pilsetas makslas muzeja : 1. V 23. V 1943 (All-Latvian Art Exhibition in Riga : Riga City Art Museum : May 1-23, 1943) [Catalogue]
• Éditeur: Pilsetas makslas muzeja, Riga (Riga City Art Museum)
• Date de parution: 1943
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
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  • Art Catalogs & Exhibitions