Voldemārs Irbe

Voldemārs Irbe (born November 13, 1893 near Valka , † October 10, 1944 in Riga ) was a Latvian painter.

Monument to the “barefoot painter” Voldemārs Irbe in front of the Dailes Teatris in Brīvības iela, Riga, designed by Andris Vārpa, 1999. Citizens like to put flowers in their Irbīte's lap.

Life

Irbe studied from 1908 to 1911 in the Daiļkrāsotāju biedrības vakara skola (Riga's evening school for art) and from 1911 to 1913 at the J. Madernieks art studio .

He dealt with motifs on the roadside, working life, landscapes, still lifes and portraits. His preferred material was pastel. He liked to work from a dark underground.

Irbe was popular among the population as the barefoot original under the nickname Irbīte / Irbiņš .

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Enciklopēdija Rīga. Galvenā Enciklopēdiju Redakcija, 1988, p. 322.
Latviešu glezniecība. Pirmspadomju periods. Latvian painting. The pre-Soviet period. Liesma, Riga 1980.

literature

Valda Knāviņa: Voldemārs Irbe . From the series Latvijas mākslas klasika published by Neputns Verlag, Riga 2015. ISBN 978-9934-512-56-8
Guntars Pupa, Ausma Balcerbule (Ed.): Voldemārs Irbe: atmiņas, atziņas, vērojumi, nostāsti, fakti. Preses nams, Rīga 1995. ISBN 9984-00-098-2

Web links

Voldemārs Irbe (saukts arī Irbīte) (1893–1944) gleznotājs un dīvainis (Latvian; with illustrations)
Irbe Voldemārs gleznotājs (1893–1944): Literatūra par Voldemāru Irbi (Latvian; contains bibliography on Irbe)

personal data
SURNAME	Irbe, Voldemārs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Latvian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	at Valka
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 1944
Place of death	Riga