"My gratitude to my parents and family, teachers, associates, admirers and supporters of my art, even to deniers… You all are co-authors of my works… Thank you!" (K. Dobrājs)
The exhibition “Sand and Gold” is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Latvian painting classic Kārlis Dobrājs (1943).
The exposition of anniversary exhibition consists of works from various creative decades and new paintings from the end of 2022 and 2023.
Talent and muse have always accompanied the painter’s creative work. He started his career in the 1960s and still painting to this day. Dobrājs expresses his active life position and vision through the visual language of art and is also the author of memoirs and gathers followers and associates on social media.
Nature, humans and life inspire the artist’s work. He has also been an educator and advisor to several generations of young artists. His artistic style is characterised by a consistent commitment to the values of the old masters of classical painting: the quality of academic drawing, the monumentality of the figurative composition, and the nuanced use of colour. The genre of painting dominates psychological portraits, sensual acts, majestic still-life, and figurative images.
During his career, he has gained recognition and is the laureate of several art awards. The artist’s works are in Latvian museum collections, including the Latvian National Museum of Art, as well as in private collections in Latvia and abroad.
