VITEBSK, 10 January (BelTA) – Osvalds Zvejsalnieks wil have s a solo exhibition at the Polotsk Art Gallery, which will open on 10 January, the Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve told BelTA.
For the first time ever, Osvalds Zvejsalnieks, one of Latvia's most outstanding artists, professor at the Art Academy of Latvia and the head teacher of the Art and Design secondary school in Rezekne, has brought his collection to the ancient Belarusian city of Polotsk. The visitors will have a chance to see more than 30 works by the Latvian artist, each of which is radiant with the artist's love for his native country. He has a unique sense of color. The brightness and expressiveness of his works will touch everyone's hearts, the museum-reserve said. “Love conquers all. It inspires Osvalds Zvejsalnieks to create his works of art that spread beauty, radiance and perfection around the world,” the art critic Ingrid Burane commented.
At the opening of the exhibition, the visitors will get a chance to talk to the artist and his apprentices, which will help them dig even deeper into his concept of art.
The exhibition will stay open until 9 February.
Osvalds Zvejsalnieks was born in Varaklani in 1944. He graduated from the Latvian Art Academy and since 1970 has been working as a teacher at the Art and Design secondary school in Rezekne. His works glorify Latgale landscapes and develop the plein-air painting tradition. The artist's paintings are kept in numerous museum and private collections in Latvia and abroad.
