Karlis Baumanis ( Latvian. Kārlis Baumanis ; May 3, 1916 , Rauna - January 8, 2011 , Riga ) - Latvian sculptor , graphic artist and art historian .
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 Karlis Baumanis. Self portrait. 1986 Medal | |
| Date of Birth | May 3, 1916 |
| Place of Birth | Rauna , Latvia |
| Date of death | January 8, 2011 (94 years) |
| Place of death | Riga |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire →  Latvia →  USSR → Latvia |
| Occupation | , , |
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| Awards and prizes | Honored Art Worker of the Latvian SSR |
Member of the Union of Artists of the Latvian SSR (since 1959), Honored Artist of the Latvian SSR (1976).
Biography
Karlis Baumanis was born on May 3, 1916 in the village of Rauna in northeastern Latvia , in the family of the owner of the bakery Jekab Baumanis.
In the first half of the 1930s, the family moved to the city of Limbazi .
He graduated from the Limbazu gymnasium, sculpture department of the Latvian State Academy of Fine Arts ( Theodor Zalkalna studio, 1947). He was an associate professor at the Latvian State University and the Riga Polytechnic Institute (1946-1976).
He was married to the artist Birute Baumane .
Creativity
Limbazi . Granite. 1995
Karlis Baumanis participated in exhibitions since 1944 .
Created works in all genres of sculpture:
- Sculptural portraits: "The Poet K. Cruise " (1957), "Architect A. Birznieks " (1958), "Professor of Medicine K. Rudzitis" (1967), "Beethoven" (1969).
- Monumental sculpture: a monument to Rainis in the village of Rubeni, Jekabpils region (1969), incarnation of a monument to Alfred Kalnins in stone based on a sketch by Theodor Zalkaln (1979), a memorial complex in Limbazi (1995), a monument to Garlib Merkel in Ledurg (2005).
- Memorial ensemble at the burial site of prominent party and Soviet leaders in the northern part of the Rainis cemetery . Co-authors - sculptor Aivars Gulbis , architect Ivar Strautmanis ( 1971 ).
- Memorial monuments : architect E. Shtalberg (1961), pianist V. Soest (1963), artist J. Liepins (1967), sculptor T. Zalkalns (1976).
- Decorative sculpture: “Composition” (1970), “Meditation” (1990), “Deformed Cube” (1991).
- In the field of medal art created more than a hundred bilateral medals.
He has published about 40 articles on the history of art. The author of the monograph "Theodor Zalkalns" (1966) [1] [2] .
Theodora Zalkalna (1976) Obverse | Theodora Zalkalna (1976) Reverse | in Florence 1907-1909 (1977) Reverse | in Florence 1907-1909 (1977) Obverse |
(1985) Avers | (1985) Reverse | (1977) Reverse | (1977) Obverse |
Notes
- ↑ Māksla un arhitektūra biogrāfijās / [atb. red. Andris Vilsons, Anita Vanaga; zin. red .: Velta Holcmane ... [uc]; fotogr .: Aivars Lode, Mārtiņš Salna]. 3. sēj. A-Kal. - Riga: Latvijas enciklopēdija, 1995: (Latvijas karte). - 255 lpp. : il ; 24 cm. - (Latvija un latvieši). ISBN 5-89960-058-6 Grāmata Skata formas Eksemplāri (Latvian)
- Ā Kārlis Baumanis , Teodors Zaļkalns, Rīga, Liesma, 1966, Lpp skaits: 220. Latviešu val. (Latvian.)
Literature
- Māksla un arhitektūra biogrāfijās. Atb. red. A. Vanaga - Riga, 2000 - 1. sēj. (Latvian.)
- Kārlis Baumanis , "Teodors Zaļkalns". - Riga, Liesma, 1966. - 220 lpp. ( Baumanis Karlis , "Theodor Zalkaln". - Riga, Liesma, 1966. - 220 p.) (Latvian.)
- “Kārlis Baumanis - medaļas”, 1984, Riga, LPSR Mākslas muzeju un izstāžu apvienotā direkcija, Lpp - 24. (Latvian)