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DAUGAVPILS, Latvia, (AFP) – A museum dedicated to painter Mark Rothko opened in his Latvian hometown Wednesday, a century after the abstract artist left and found fame and fortune in the United States. “It’s a wonderful homecoming for my father,” the late artist’s son, Christopher Rothko, told AFP at the opening in Daugavpils, Latvia’s second […]
NEW YORK — Latvian American artist Raimonds Staprans (b. 1926-) pushes abstraction to the point of realism and then back again. While his paintings often depict subject matter that is clearly identifiable, such as his signature oranges and his boats, the artworks are usually constructed in ways that make the objects abstract.
LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, August 29 at noon Pacific time, John Moran Auctioneers will present its Summer Art & Design sale, featuring more than 300 lots. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. Likely top lots include works by artists Alice Baber, Raimond Staprans and Lê Phổ as well as furniture designer Adrian Pearsall.
EL CAJON, Calif. – Helms Auction Inc.’s Tribal & Native American Summer Shindig planned for Saturday, July 7, is packed with over 460 lots of Navajo weavings and Pueblo pottery; pre-Columbian artifacts; prehistoric arrowheads and other stone tools; Oceanic, African and Chinese tribal artifacts; 20th-century Native American and Mexican jewelry items and more. Absentee and […]