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Džemma Skulme

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Džemma Lija Skulme
Džemma Skulme receiving the Award of the Cabinet of Ministers in 2009
Born(1925-09-20)20 September 1925
Riga, Latvia
Died9 November 2019(2019-11-09) (aged 94)
Riga, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Known forPainting
MovementModernism

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

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Latvian artist Džemma Skulme dies aged 94". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. Manss.lv. "The great summer exhibition 2010".

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