Vija Celmins (1938) - photo 1

Vija Celmins

Vija Celmins is a Latvian-American artist. She is best known for her photorealistic paintings and drawings of natural and man-made objects.

Celmins and her family fled Latvia during World War II and eventually settled in the United States. She studied art at the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and later at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Celmins began her career as a painter in the 1960s, and by the 1970s she had developed her signature style of photorealism. She is known for her painstaking attention to detail, and her paintings and drawings often take months or even years to complete. Some of her most famous works include images of the night sky, oceans, and rocks.

Celmins has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world, including a retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2006. Her work is held in the collections of many major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Date and place of birt:25 october 1938, Riga, Latvia
Nationality:Latvia
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Educator, Engraver, Graphic artist, Painter, Sculptor, Wood carver
Genre:Landscape painting
Art style:Abstract art, Minimalism, Post War Art, Contemporary realism, Photorealism, Contemporary art
Technique:Engraving, Wood carving

Creators Latvia

Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970)
Mark Rothko
1903 - 1970
Frančeska Kirke (1953)
Frančeska Kirke
1953
Francisks Ignatievich Varslavan (1899 - 1949)
Francisks Ignatievich Varslavan
1899 - 1949
Solomon Moiseevich Gershov (1906 - 1989)
Solomon Moiseevich Gershov
1906 - 1989
Raimonds Staprans (1926)
Raimonds Staprans
1926
Eduards Kalniņš (1904 - 1988)
Eduards Kalniņš
1904 - 1988
Ida Kerkovius (1879 - 1970)
Ida Kerkovius
1879 - 1970
Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm (1859 - 1939)
Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm
1859 - 1939
Jacques Chapiro (1887 - 1972)
Jacques Chapiro
1887 - 1972
Constantin Kluge (1912 - 2003)
Constantin Kluge
1912 - 2003
Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (1889 - 1953)
Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina
1889 - 1953
Oto Skulme (1889 - 1967)
Oto Skulme
1889 - 1967
Ilya Grigorevich Chashnik (1902 - 1929)
Ilya Grigorevich Chashnik
1902 - 1929
Lea Matisovna Davydova-Medene (1921 - 1986)
Lea Matisovna Davydova-Medene
1921 - 1986
Johann Lebrecht Eggink (1784 - 1867)
Johann Lebrecht Eggink
1784 - 1867
Emil Schultz-Riga (1872 - 1931)
Emil Schultz-Riga
1872 - 1931

Creators Abstract art

Theodorus van Oorschot (1910 - 1989)
Theodorus van Oorschot
1910 - 1989
Kaya Theiss (1959)
Kaya Theiss
1959
Grigory Ivanovich Gavrilenko (1927 - 1984)
Grigory Ivanovich Gavrilenko
1927 - 1984
Valentin Aleksandrovich Gorodnichev (1922 - 2014)
Valentin Aleksandrovich Gorodnichev
1922 - 2014
Miles Aldridge (1964)
Miles Aldridge
1964
Tom Otterness (1952)
Tom Otterness
1952
Roger-Edgar Gillet (1924 - 2004)
Roger-Edgar Gillet
1924 - 2004
Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz (1932 - 2011)
Frederico Aguilar Alcuaz
1932 - 2011
Anselm Reyle (1970)
Anselm Reyle
1970
Frank Herzog (1949 - 2022)
Frank Herzog
1949 - 2022
Michael Glancy (1950 - 2020)
Michael Glancy
1950 - 2020
Pyotr Gurievich Korostelyov (1924 - 2017)
Pyotr Gurievich Korostelyov
1924 - 2017
Vera Grigorevna Filianskaia (1900 - 1982)
Vera Grigorevna Filianskaia
1900 - 1982
Jiří David (1956)
Jiří David
1956
Pavel Pepperstein (1966)
Pavel Pepperstein
1966
Rob Pruitt (1964)
Rob Pruitt
1964
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