AUCTION Ludolfs Liberts, Leo Svemps, Janis Ferdinands Tidemanis, jewellery, porcelain, bronze 353 art and antiquary items. “Artembassy” invite you to participate in an auction of artworks and antiquities which will take place in the “Rietumu Banka”, Vesetas str. 7 on october 2, 2015, at 12:00. The auction exhibition will be on view from 12.10. - 24.04. Bidding shall be enabled at presence, absence and by phone, the auction shall be broadcasted in online video stream.
| Author | Laimdots Murnieks |
| Genre | Act |
| Technique | Cardboard, oil |
| Size | 84x89 cm |
| Item location | 7 Vesetas str., Riga, Latvia |
| Price | € 1080 |
| Article | P9121981 |
| Status | Lot available for bidding |
Painter
Laimdots Murnieks studied at Cesis and Jelgava teachers’ institutes (1938 – 44). He graduated from the Painting Department of the Latvian Art Academy (1953, diploma work “Winged helper”, under the guidance of V. Kozins).
He worked as a teacher in secondary schools of Valmiera and Priekuļi, in agricultural technical school (1944 – 46), and in the company “Māksla” as a design artist (1953 – 82).
L. Mūrnieks takes part in exhibitions since 1953.
Solo exhibitions:
Riga – 1960, 1964, 1972 (together with I. and G. Krollis);
Liepaja – 1964;
Vilnius – 1968;
Moscow – 1968;
Rostock – 1974;
Tokyo – 1978 (together with M. Shagal).
Artist worked in different painting genres and techniques – monumental painting, easel-painting; he painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits. He uses oil, pastel and tempera.
