Džemma Skulme
Džemma Lija Skulme | |
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.jpg) Džemma Skulme receiving the Award of the Cabinet of Ministers in 2009 | |
| Born | 20 September 1925 Riga, Latvia |
| Died | 9 November 2019 (aged 94) Riga, Latvia |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Modernism |
Džemma Lija Skulme (Latvian: Džemma Lija Skulme; 20 September 1925 – 9 November 2019[1]) was a Latvian artist and modernist painter. Skulme's personality played an important role in Latvian art development and social life of Latvia in the second half of the 20th century.[2]
In 1992 she was elected honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, and received an honorary doctor degree from the Art Academy of Latvia in 1998.
She died on November 9 at the age of 94. [1]
Selected works[change | change source]
- Summer, 1959, Latvian National Museum of Art
- Folk Song, 1969, Latvian National Museum of Art
- Macedonia motif, 1974, Latvian National Museum of Art
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Latvian artist Džemma Skulme dies aged 94". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ↑ Manss.lv. "The great summer exhibition 2010".
Other websites[change | change source]
- Biography and artworks Archived 2018-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Džemma Skulme pret varu ar brīvas mākslas garu
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