From September 11 to December 12 of this year, the main building of the Latvian National Museum of Art (LNMM) will host an exhibition dedicated to the centenary of the Riga group of artists.
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According to the curator of the exhibition, art historian Dace Lamberga, members of the Riga group of artists Aleksandras Beļcova, Jānis Cielavas, Ģederts Elias, Jāzeps Grosvalds, Jēkabs Kazaks, Eduards Lindbergs, Jānis Liepiņš, Emīls Melderas, Marta Skulme, Oto Skulme, Oto Skulme, , The works of Niklāvs Strunkes, Romans Suta, Leo Svemps, Erasta Switzerland, Valdemārs Tones, Konrad Uban and Sigismund Vidbergs reflect a creatively expressive period in the history of Latvian art. In the introduction to the catalog of the first exhibition in 1920, the young artists boldly declared: “We are no longer satisfied with a simple depiction of real nature. All our aspirations are straightforward. , its spiritual nature. “
The exhibition reflects the development of the Riga Group’s creative work, which is related to the search for young painters’ handwriting during the First World War, stylistic manifestations of Cubism and other innovative trends in the 1920s, and the transition to a painting-realistic form of expression in the early 1930s. Art historian Boriss Viper wrote in 1933 that “the exhibitions of the Riga group of artists belong to the most striking phenomena in art life. The group’s artists are united by an undeniable community of stylistic interests, and yet each The members of the group do not like compromises, do not like superficial fashion, do not fabricate paintings for the average civic taste, but really work, look, often doubt and err, but also often come out of the fight as winners. the word sounds most convincing and complete in the exhibitions of the Riga group. “
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When the Latvian Chamber of Writing and Art was established in 1938, the group became a group of the Fine Arts Section, but in 1940 it ceased to exist during the Soviet rule. However, the artists continued to create, and the exhibition also reflects the activities of the group members in the 1940s and 1960s. years both in Latvia and in exile.
In 2020, the 125th anniversary of the group’s first chairman Jēkabs Kazaks was commemorated, and therefore a separate exhibition in the exhibition consists of his paintings, watercolors and drawings.
The design of the exhibition was created by the artist Anna Heinrihsone.
The publishing house “Neputns” has published a catalog “Riga Artists’ Group – 100″ in Latvian and English. ”
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