"Painter in a cage" - impact of landscaping on bronze statue of the painter Voldemars Irbe, sitting with his sketchbook on a rock. Brīvības Street in central Riga, Latvia. April 12, 2023
Voldemars Irbe (1893-1944) was popular in society with his eccentric appearance and behavior: a man with a long beard and hair, he always walked barefoot, even in winter. Most of the year he was wandering around the cities of Riga, Jurmala and Tukums, painting incredibly fast, as he used to say, "working at one separate picture for as long as it is possible to tirelessly stand on one leg."
Voldemārs Irbe (Partridge) - 'Irbīte' (Little Partridge) had seen as the first persistent pastel painter in Latvian art. Irbe was killed nearby by shrapnel on the last day of the WW2 Battle for Riga in 1944.
Sculptor Andris Vārpa.
"Painter in a cage" - impact of landscaping on bronze statue of the painter Voldemars Irbe, sitting with his sketchbook on a rock. Brīvības Street in central Riga, Latvia. April 12, 2023
Voldemars Irbe (1893-1944) was popular in society with his eccentric appearance and behavior: a man with a long beard and hair, he always walked barefoot, even in winter. Most of the year he was wandering around the cities of Riga, Jurmala and Tukums, painting incredibly fast, as he used to say, "working at one separate picture for as long as it is possible to tirelessly stand on one leg."
Voldemārs Irbe (Partridge) - 'Irbīte' (Little Partridge) had seen as the first persistent pastel painter in Latvian art. Irbe was killed nearby by shrapnel on the last day of the WW2 Battle for Riga in 1944.
Sculptor Andris Vārpa.