biografia di Raimonds STAPRANS (1926)
Birth place: Riga, Latvia
Addresses: San Francisco, CA
Profession: Painter, sculptor
Studied: School Art, Esslinger, Stuttgart, 1946; Univ. Wash. (B.A., 1952); Univ. Calif., M.A. (1955); also with Archipenko.
Exhibited: Portland (OR) Art Mus., 1956-57; Oakland Art Mus., 1957; CPLH, Winter Invitational, 1957, 1959-60; Litton Indust., 1962; Am. Acad. Arts & Letters, NYC, 1970; Maxwell Gal., San Francisco, 1998 (solo)
Work: CPLH; Oakland (CA) Mus.; Santa Barbara (CA) Mus.; LACMA; Phoenix Art Mus.
Comments: His scenes of the Bay Area balance broad fields of vivid color with a strong architectonic structure.
Sources: WW73; California Canvas" (film), KRON, San Francisco, 1966; "Artists Eye" (film), Motion Media, 1967."