The juicy scent of apples, summer greenery and feminine sensuality fill the garden of life, all brought by one of the Latvian classic painters - KÄrlis DobrÄjs (1943). The solo exhibition consists of nine paintings from different periods and nine graphic works created in the 1980s, which perfectly show the artistās individual style and creative interest.
Talent and muse have always accompanied DobrÄjs' creative work, who started his career as an artist already in the 1960s and still painting to this day. He has also been an educator and advisor to several generations of young artists. His artistic style is characterized by the quality of the academic drawing, the emphasis placed on form and volume, as well as the nuanced use of colour. The painting genres dominate psychological portraits, sensual nudes, majestic still lifes, monumental figural compositions, as well as allegorical and provocative artworks.
The main work of the exhibition is āAutumn". The Authorās Copy from 1970 is in the collection of the Latvian Artists' Union, was exhibited at an international art exhibition in DĆ¼sseldorf and brought international recognition and fame to KÄrlis DobrÄjs.
Iām walking for a while and stop, I turn around, for a moment I walk backward (..) I see an apple tree on the very site of the low stone fence of the cemetery. Fantastic, probably a hundred years old, mighty, curved branches without any leaves only apples. Apples on a white snowy background. Painted, unbelievable. So I have to paint. (Excerpt from the Memoirs of KÄrlis DobrÄjs)
