Uldis Abolins

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Uldis Abolins (Latvian spelling Uldis Āboliņš ) (born May 31, 1923 in Riga , † July 13, 2010 in Sydney , New South Wales ) was a Latvian - Australian painter and architect .

life and work

Uldis Abolins was born on May 31, 1923 in Riga, Latvia . He finished his architecture studies at the Riga Polytechnic in 1942. He fled Riga and came to Hanover in Lower Saxony in 1946 . Here he met his wife Margot. In Hanover he took lessons from the German painter Harald Schaub until the end of 1950 , who ran the first private painting school in Hanover licensed by the British military government . Schaub had a decisive influence on Abolin's style. Abolins took over the use of pure colors, dynamic lines and expressive brushwork from his teacher. Abolins was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of Northwest Germany in Hanover and took part in exhibitions - including in the Kestner Museum in Hanover.

At the end of 1950 Abolins emigrated to Australia with his wife and daughter . In Sydney he worked full-time in a private architecture firm. The painter had his first major exhibition in 1954 at the Bissietta Art Gallery in Sydney.

Abolins was involved in Latvian cultural organizations. Together with other Baltic exiles, he was a member of the Contemporary Art Society in Sydney, was a member of the Latvian artist community in Latvia and the Australian Latvian Artists Association (ALMA). He designed stage sets for the Latvian Theater in Sydney. Abolins mainly created watercolors, especially landscapes, still lifes and nudes. He had a total of 28 solo exhibitions in Australia, but also successfully presented his works at joint shows by Baltic artists in Paris, New York and at Latvian art festivals in Australia. Abolins has received more than 30 art awards for his watercolors. Works by him can be found in the Art Gallery of New South Wales , the Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne and the Latvian National Art Museum in Riga.

literature

  • Abolins, Uldis . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 .
  • Jean Campbell: Australian Watercolor Painters: 1780 to the Present Day . Craftsman House, Sydney 1989, ISBN 0-947131-28-0 , p. 277.
  • Uldis Āboliņš. 50 Years Retrospective Exhibition. Catalog Latvian Center, Strathfield 1996.
  • Marc McEvoy (Ed.): Uldis Abolins. In: Australian Latvian Artists. Sydney 2009, ISBN 978-0-908551-01-9 , p. 18: Introductory text by Rex Buttler: Locality Fails

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uldis Abolins. In: Australian Latvian Artists. accessed on February 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ Andrejs Upenieki: Uldis Abolis. In: Laikraksts Latviensis. No. 100, July 22, 2010 (To the death of the painter), accessed February 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Friedrich Rasche : Venus in the attic. "Young Lower Saxon Artists in the Kestner Museum". In: Hannoversche Presse . July 17, 1948.
  4. ↑ ALMA homepage .
  5. ↑ The exhibition of Latvian artists in Sydney in March 2012 ( Sydney Latvian Artist Exhibition. ) Showed works by Abolins, accessed on February 17, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Abolins, Uldis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Āboliņš, Uldis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian-Latvian painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , France
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 2010
Place of death Sydney , New South Wales , Australia