Opening of the exhibition “ARIJS SKRIDE 120”

Opening of the exhibition “ARIJS SKRIDE 120. The Spirit of the Purvītis School – Inherited, Cultivated, Individualised”.

On Thursday, 4 September, at 18:00, Zuzeum Art Museum and the Skride Foundation invite you to the opening of the exhibition “ARIJS SKRIDE 120. The Spirit of the Purvītis School – Inherited, Cultivated, Individualised.”

The exhibition is dedicated to Arijs Skride, one of the most significant Latvian landscape painters of the 20th century, marking the 120th anniversary of the artist’s birth. It focuses on Skride’s early creative period — the years when he studied at the Art Academy of Latvia in the Landscape Painting Studio led by Professor Vilhelms Purvītis and gradually developed his own individual painterly language.

The exhibition presents works from the 1920s–1940s, revealing the qualities characteristic of Skride’s art: a refined tonal palette, a strong sense of composition, rich painterly texture, and an ability to capture the nuances of light, space, and atmosphere in the Latvian landscape.

The opening evening will also include the launch of a book dedicated to the exhibition, offering a broader insight into Arijs Skride’s artistic practice, his connection to the Purvītis School, and his place in Latvian art history.

The exhibition is organised by the Skride Foundation in collaboration with Zuzeum Art Museum bringing together works from private collections to highlight Arijs Skride’s artistic legacy and to introduce audiences to one of the least explored periods of his creative career.

Artwork: Arijs Skride. The Daugava near Pļaviņas, 1939. Private collection.

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