Jump to content

Hugo Kārlis Grotuss

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugo Grotuss
Born
Hugo Kārlis Grotuss

(1884-01-17)17 January 1884
Died16 January 1951(1951-01-16) (aged 66)
NationalityLatvian
Known forPainter
Notable workPiones, Ainava ar rudzu statiem, Tulpes, Kemeri Milestibas sala.

Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (17 January 1884 in Jaunpils parish "Dočkos" – 16 January 1951 in Dillingen) was a Latvian painter, classified as a Realist. His paintings and drawings include some of the best known and most popular works in Latvian art.

Biography

[edit]

He studied in the studio of Jūlijs Madernieks and also in the Central School of Technical Drawing of Saint Petersburg. He worked as a drawing teacher in some schools of Saint Petersburg, and then became a vice-principal of the Shuvalov – Ozerskov Gymnasium.[1]

In 1920 Grotuss returned to Latvia. He was a member of the Union of Independent Painters, also a member of the board participating in exhibitions of that Union (1921–1934). Then he worked again as a school teacher. During his life he made around 2000 paintings.[2]

References

[edit]