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From 1924 until 1942 the Landscape Painting Master Class of the Latvian Academy of Art presented the work of its pupils at 16 Academy exhibitions. Examining the reviews of these shows published in the inter-war periodicals, it seems important to note that the artist’s individuality comes to the foreground since the first exhibition. This is especially the case with regard to the Landscape Master Class...
The founder of the Latvian Academy of Art, its first rector and tutor was Vilhelms Purvitis (1872-1945), who also ranks high in Latvian art and is unquestionably its most outstanding landscape painter. Ever since the opening of the Academy (1921) Purvitis taught painting and ran the Landscape Painting Master Studio until 1944. Due to his great experience and broad outlook, Purvitis was a competent...
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