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

Normunds Braslins (1962)
Normunds Braslins
1962
Arthur Vladimirovich Fonvizin (1883 - 1973)
Arthur Vladimirovich Fonvizin
1883 - 1973
Voldemar Matvejs (1877 - 1916)
Voldemar Matvejs
1877 - 1916
Alfons Spring (1843 - 1908)
Alfons Spring
1843 - 1908
Eduards Kalniņš (1904 - 1988)
Eduards Kalniņš
1904 - 1988
Artur Petrovich Apinis (1904 - 1975)
Artur Petrovich Apinis
1904 - 1975
Ludolfs Liberts (1895 - 1959)
Ludolfs Liberts
1895 - 1959
Solomon Moiseevich Gershov (1906 - 1989)
Solomon Moiseevich Gershov
1906 - 1989
Alexander Antonovich Rizzoni (1836 - 1902)
Alexander Antonovich Rizzoni
1836 - 1902
Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970)
Mark Rothko
1903 - 1970
Oto Skulme (1889 - 1967)
Oto Skulme
1889 - 1967
Constantin Kluge (1912 - 2003)
Constantin Kluge
1912 - 2003
Francisks Ignatievich Varslavan (1899 - 1949)
Francisks Ignatievich Varslavan
1899 - 1949
Boriss Bērziņš (1930 - 2002)
Boriss Bērziņš
1930 - 2002
Ella Kruglyanskaya (1978)
Ella Kruglyanskaya
1978
Naum L'vovich Aronson (1872 - 1943)
Naum L'vovich Aronson
1872 - 1943

Creators Abstract art

Victor Kalinin (1946)
Victor Kalinin
1946
John De Andrea (1941)
John De Andrea
1941
Élisabeth Garouste (1946)
Élisabeth Garouste
1946
Gunther Gerzso (1915 - 2000)
Gunther Gerzso
1915 - 2000
Leopold Strobl (1960)
Leopold Strobl
1960
George Johnson (1926 - 2021)
George Johnson
1926 - 2021
Dorothea Rockburne (1932)
Dorothea Rockburne
1932
Bernd Becher (1931 - 2007)
Bernd Becher
1931 - 2007
Maria Lassnig (1919 - 2014)
Maria Lassnig
1919 - 2014
Tobias Rehberger (1966)
Tobias Rehberger
1966
Fernando Campana (1961 - 2022)
Fernando Campana
1961 - 2022
Noel Counihan (1913 - 1986)
Noel Counihan
1913 - 1986
Andreas Paul Weber (1893 - 1980)
Andreas Paul Weber
1893 - 1980
Xie Zhengli (1982)
Xie Zhengli
1982
Boris Iakovlevich Vorobev (1911 - 1990)
Boris Iakovlevich Vorobev
1911 - 1990
Gilbert Prousch (1943)
Gilbert Prousch
1943
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