Aleksejs Naumovs’s Painting Exhibition “Landscapes” (October 8 – November 21, 2021)

Aleksejs Naumovs is one of the most prominent contemporary Latvian plein air painters and an outstanding master of the interplay of color and light. 2021. During the summer, the artist painted in France, staying at an art residency in Esparrou Castle. All works were created outdoors, showcasing his love for France and its natural scenery.

Aleksejs Naumovs is a virtuoso of momentary moods, precisely capturing and poetically revealing both the unique character of the atmosphere and incorporating his traveler’s observations and reflections into the landscape. The ever-changing scenery, with its play of clouds and new shadows in the inevitable passage of daylight hours, has prompted the artist to refine the a la prima, or ‘one-sitting’ technique. This style of painting is characterized by spontaneity, without prior sketches, where paintings are begun and completed outdoors.

Professor and Rector of the Art Academy of Latvia (2007–2017). An active Latvian cultural figure, member of numerous jury commissions, he served as the Ambassador of Culture of the Republic of Latvia to France and a visiting professor at several European art academies. He has initiated, led, and curated exchange programs and exhibitions in various collaborative art projects in Italy, France, Japan, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Russia, the USA, and elsewhere. He has regularly participated in exhibitions since 1979, with over sixty solo exhibitions organized.

For almost thirty years, Aleksejs Naumovs has regularly worked in book art. 2011. For the illustrations and design of Māra Cielēna’s book “Princess Aurēlija and the Tree Ghosts,” the artist received the Jānis Baltvilks Prize.