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."

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