Auseklis Matisovic Bauskenieks ( Bausch ; Latvian. Auseklis Baušķenieks ; 1910 - 2007 ) - Latvian artist. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR .
| Auseklis Matisovich Bauskenieks | ||
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| Birth name | Auseklis Baušķenieks | |
| Date of Birth | August 25, 1910 | |
| Place of Birth | Mitawa , Courland Province , Russian Empire | |
| Date of death | January 13, 2007 (96 years old) | |
| Place of death | Riga , Latvia | |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire ,  USSR ,  Latvia | |
| Genre | satire painting | |
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Biography
From 1930 to 1933 he studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Latvia, showed interest in the visual arts. His education was described as follows: “I was lucky with the teachers: Conrads Ubans , Valdemar Tone , August Annuss , Karlis Miesnieks , Gederts Elias , Robert Wipper , Primane .” In 1942 he graduated from the Latvian Academy of Arts, the workshop of figure painting under the guidance of Professor Gederts Elias, and received a diploma of the artist.
In 1956 a was .
He exhibited works since 1958 (in 1975, 1980 - personal exhibitions in Riga).
Creativity
He worked mainly in the field of everyday genre, widely used elements of satire and grotesque in his action-packed compositions. He painted portraits.
He had a peculiar style, combining surrealism and naive artistic style, using the established tradition of pointillism (brushstrokes) with the delicate pastel colors typical of such artists, while the post-impressionist pointillists sought to achieve this kind of image truth, and Bausch, who considered himself a realist , this is a means of giving the real basis a shade of unreality, fairy tale and mythicality.
Bauschenkieks also participated in the creation of posters .
During his lifetime, his works were exhibited in Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Russia, the USA, France and Australia.
Bauskenieks paintings are in private collections in Latvia and abroad.