This is a list of sculptors who were born or whose creative production is associated with Latvia:

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  • Kārlis Baumanis (sculptor) (in Latvian) (1916–2011), one of creators of the Rainis Grave Memorial.[1]
  • Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm (1859–1939), gained fame in the early 1880s by creating over three hundred sculptural portraits of Russian and French personalities.[2]
  • Aigars Bikše (in Latvian) (born 1969) known for his large scale sculptures as well as medalist works.[3][4]
  • Laimonis Blumbergs (in Latvian) (1919–2014) renown for his stone sculptures in granite, marble, labradorite, limestone and boulder.[5]
  • Aleksandra Briede (1901–1992) worked on small-scale figurative compositions and portraits. Together with her husband sculptor Jānis Briedis worked on monuments and busts of Soviet leaders. In the 1960s her busts of Lenin were visible in many locations in Latvian SSR.[6]
  • Jānis Briedis (sculptor) (in Latvian) (1902–1953) worked on monuments and memorials. Together with his wife sculptor Aleksandra Briede won state competition to create enormous Stalin monument in Riga. Project was never implemented.[7]
  • Leo Janis-Briedītis (in Swedish) (1922–2007) known for using polished stainless steel as sculptural material.[8]
  • Leo Bukovsky (in Latvian) (1910–1984) known for his World War II memorials.[9] One of creators of the Salaspils Memorial.[10]

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  • Jānis Tilbergs (1880–1972), painter and sculptor, most renowned as a highly accomplished portraitist. The Latvian lats coins struck in 1924–1926 carried the palm branch design by Tilbergs.[2][37]
  • Vilnis Titāns (in Latvian) (1944–2006) known for stones with carved marks and inscriptions on Latvian cultural-historical sites.[38]
  • Vilhelms Treijs (in Latvian) (1892–unknown) created sculptural decor of the Court Hall of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia, but mostly worked in memorial sculpture. He was the first chairman of the Latvian Association of the Deaf.[39]

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See also

References

  1. Mūžībā aizgājis tēlnieks Kārlis Baumanis (in Latvian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Latvian Sculptors: Edward Leedskalnin, Janis Tilbergs, Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm, Karlis Zale General Books LLC, 2010 ISBN 1158413319, ISBN 9781158413317
  3. Aigars Bikše. (in Latvian)
  4. Aigars Bikše. Mākslinieka monētas. (in Latvian)
  5. Laimonis Blumbergs (in Latvian)
  6. Soviet Mythology in Latvian Art Bildmuseet - en del av Konstnärligt campus vid Umeå universitet.
  7. Rita Laima Skylarks and Rebels: A Memoir about the Soviet Russian Occupation of Latvia, Life in a Totalitarian State, and Freedom. Columbia University Press, 2017 ISBN 3838268547, ISBN 9783838268545
  8. Briedītis Leo Jānis (in Latvian)
  9. Leo Bukovsky
  10. 1 2 3 The Salaspils Memorial Ensemble and Monument to Prisoners Of War
  11. Knight, Christopher (December 21, 1993). "Los Angeles Times, ART REVIEW: The Profound Silence of Vija Celmins : MOCA retrospective".
  12. Valdis Celms The Dialectic of Motion and Stasis in Kinetic ArtLeonardo Vol. 27, No. 5, Prometheus: Art, Science and Technology in the Former Soviet Union: Special Issue (1994), pp. 387-390 The MIT Press doi:10.2307/1576092
  13. Davidova-Medene, Lea
  14. Vincent Hunt Blood in the Forest: The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket page 74, Helion and Company, 2017, 272 pages ISBN 1912866935, ISBN 9781912866939
  15. Monument of the Christmas Battles in Džūkste
  16. Vincent Hunt Blood in the Forest: The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket page 105, Helion and Company, 2017, 272 pages ISBN 1912866935 ISBN 9781912866939
  17. Gundega Cēbere; Burkards Dzenis Burkards Dzenis Rīga, Latvijas Enciklopēdija, 1997. ISBN 589960090X ISBN 9785899600906
  18. "Pieminekļa "Latvijai-100" metu konkursā piešķirta 2. vieta un divas 3. vietas" (in Latvian). grani.lv. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  19. (in Latvian) Rīga. Piemineklis Auto tanku pulka kritušajiem karavīriem Europeana
  20. (in Latvian) Ervīns Jākobsons Uz ežiņas galvu liku… Brīvības cīnītāju piemiņas vietas - 1.daļa Laikmeta zīmes November 7, 2016
  21. (in Latvian) Piemineklis 1.bruņotā diviziona Autotanku pulka karavīriem (Autotanku pulka piemineklis) Spārītis O. Rīgas pieminekļi un dekoratīvā tēlniecība. (Monuments and Decorative Sculpture in Riga), 2007, Riga: Nacionālais apgāds, 194 p. (in Latvian and English).
  22. Daugavpils. Monument to the defenders of the city. War Memorial 1919.
  23. T. Schult A Hero’s Many Faces: Raoul Wallenberg in Contemporary Monuments pp. 348-350 Springer 2009 ISBN 0230236995, ISBN 9780230236998
  24. Keller, Hadley (2 March 2017). "17 On-the-Rise Designers You Should Know Now". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  25. Sculptor Voldemārs Jākobsons historic house. (in Latvian)
  26. Karl Ioganson: From Construction to Technology and Invention. p. 70. Henry Art Gallery; Andrews, Richard; Kalinovska, Milena (1990). Art Into Life: Russian Constructivism 1914-1932. Rizzoli, New York. p. 276. ISBN 0847811883.
  27. Rasma Lāce Marta Lange Rīga, Zinātne, 1981
  28. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  29. Tēlniekam Emīlam Melderim – 130 Latvijas Nacionālais mākslas muzejs. (in Latvian)
  30. René Neuenschwander Youri Messenjaschin – the installations, sculptures, oil paintings. Archived 2006-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  31. Arnold Mikelson. A History. Mind and Matter Gallery.
  32. Richard Overy, The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia, p. 260 ISBN 0-393-02030-4
  33. Tēnieks Indulis Ranka Turaidas Dainu kalnā (in Latvian)
  34. (in Latvian) Māksla un arhitektūra biogrāfijās / [atb. red. Andris Vilsons, Anita Vanaga; zin. red.: Velta Holcmane … [u.c.]; fotogr.: Aivars Lode, Mārtiņš Salna]. 3. sēj. A-Kal. — Rīga : Latvijas enciklopēdija, 1995 : (Latvijas karte). — 255 lpp. : il. ; 24 cm. — (Latvija un latvieši). ISBN 5-89960-058-6 Grāmata Skata formas Eksemplāri
  35. Studija.lv. "Tēlnieces Martas Liepiņas-Skulmes (1890–1962) darbu izstāde".
  36. Jānis Strupulis The Council of the Creative Unions of Latvia (CCUL)
  37. Latvian Money Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, at the Bank of Latvia web-site Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  38. Piemin tēlnieku Vilni Titānu 75. jubilejā (in Latvian)
  39. Vilhelms Vilis Jānis Treijs (in Latvian)
  40. Appena, Ināra (2012). Augusts Volz, Sculptor of Riga. Riga: Neputns. ISBN 978-9984-807-86-7.
  41. "Renovated Charles Lawn «Mother Latvian» Mets" Latvian Public Media. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  42. Teodors Zaļkalns page 73 in Pēteris Apinis, Jānis Stradiņš 100 Latvijas personību Rīgā, Nacionālais apgāds: Lauku Avīze, 2006, ISBN 9984262693, ISBN 9789984262697 (in Latvian)
  43. Maître sculpteur et médailleur letton, Valentina Zeïlé 1er juin 2006, par Pays-baltes.com (in French)
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