Aleksandrs Zaur-Beks Sosijevs

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Biography

Aleksandrs Zaur-Beks Sosijevs, a painter of Ossetian origin, was born in 1901 in the Caucasus. In 1922, he enrolled at the Art Academy of Latvia, and in 1931, he graduated from the studio of landscape painter Vilhelms Purvītis (1872–1945). Beginning in 1928, his realistic works – depicting the Daugava River, rural scenes, landscapes, and figurative compositions – were exhibited at art exhibitions. As a member of the Latvian Artists’ Union, he took part in exhibitions organized by the union as well as by the Latvian Cultural Foundation. There is no known information about the artist following the Soviet occupation in 1940. The artist died in 1953.[1]
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[1] Siliņš J. Latvijas māksla 1915–1940 II – Stokholma: Daugava, 1990.–119. lpp.