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

Lea Matisovna Davydova-Medene (1921 - 1986)
Lea Matisovna Davydova-Medene
1921 - 1986
Frančeska Kirke (1953)
Frančeska Kirke
1953
Vilhelms Purvītis (1872 - 1945)
Vilhelms Purvītis
1872 - 1945
Eduards Kalniņš (1904 - 1988)
Eduards Kalniņš
1904 - 1988
Arthur Vladimirovich Fonvizin (1883 - 1973)
Arthur Vladimirovich Fonvizin
1883 - 1973
Abel Pann (1883 - 1963)
Abel Pann
1883 - 1963
Jacques Chapiro (1887 - 1972)
Jacques Chapiro
1887 - 1972
Oto Skulme (1889 - 1967)
Oto Skulme
1889 - 1967
Indulis Zariņš (1929 - 1997)
Indulis Zariņš
1929 - 1997
Ella Kruglyanskaya (1978)
Ella Kruglyanskaya
1978
Ida Kerkovius (1879 - 1970)
Ida Kerkovius
1879 - 1970
Eduard Yanovich Brentsens (1885 - 1929)
Eduard Yanovich Brentsens
1885 - 1929
Ilya Grigorevich Chashnik (1902 - 1929)
Ilya Grigorevich Chashnik
1902 - 1929
Boriss Bērziņš (1930 - 2002)
Boriss Bērziņš
1930 - 2002
Jan Damel (1780 - 1840)
Jan Damel
1780 - 1840
Sergey Arsen'evich Vinogradov (1869 - 1938)
Sergey Arsen'evich Vinogradov
1869 - 1938

Creators Abstract art

Carl Rösch (1884 - 1979)
Carl Rösch
1884 - 1979
Daniel Behrendt (1980)
Daniel Behrendt
1980
Richard Mortensen (1910 - 1993)
Richard Mortensen
1910 - 1993
Nazaré Álvares (Alvares) (1965)
Nazaré Álvares (Alvares)
1965
Sascha Bianca (1958)
Sascha Bianca
1958
Edmund de Waal (1964)
Edmund de Waal
1964
Boris Sergeevich Zemenkov (1902 - 1963)
Boris Sergeevich Zemenkov
1902 - 1963
Chiharu Shiota (1972)
Chiharu Shiota
1972
Nikolay Porfirievich Kandelaki (1889 - 1970)
Nikolay Porfirievich Kandelaki
1889 - 1970
Radcliffe Bailey (1968 - 2023)
Radcliffe Bailey
1968 - 2023
Jürgen Reipka (1936 - 2013)
Jürgen Reipka
1936 - 2013
Georges Valmier (1885 - 1937)
Georges Valmier
1885 - 1937
Michel Sementzeff (1933 - 2019)
Michel Sementzeff
1933 - 2019
Josef Breitenbach (1896 - 1984)
Josef Breitenbach
1896 - 1984
Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988)
Isamu Noguchi
1904 - 1988
Anatolii Pavlovich Kharitonov (1947)
Anatolii Pavlovich Kharitonov
1947
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