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Born 1939 Riga, Latvia. Known for: Post real waterscape painting, pop still life, galaxies.
Vija Celmins is a California painter who experimented with photo-realism and explored graphite as an expressive medium. She was born in Riga, Latvia in 1938, and in 1944 moved with her family to... Read full biography
Vija Celmins is a California painter who experimented with photo-realism and explored graphite as an expressive medium. She was born in Riga, Latvia in 1938, and in 1944 moved with her family to Germany where they settled in a Latvian refugee camp near Esslinger. The Celmins family then immigrated... Read full biography
Vija Celmins is a California painter who experimented with photo-realism and explored graphite as an expressive medium. She was born in Riga, Latvia in 1938, and in 1944 moved with her family to Germany where they settled in a Latvian refugee camp near Esslinger. The Celmins family then immigrated to the United States in 1948 and made their home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Vija studied at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, and often made trips to New York City with her friends to see... Read full biography
Vija Celmins is a California painter who experimented with photo-realism and explored graphite as an expressive medium. She was born in Riga, Latvia in 1938, and in 1944 moved with her family to Germany where they settled in a Latvian refugee camp near Esslinger. The Celmins family then immigrated to the United States in 1948 and made their home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Vija studied at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, and often made trips to New York City with her friends to see the artwork of the Abstract Expressionists. She continued to study at the John Herron Art Institute from 1955 to 1962. During the summer of 1961 she attended summer school at Yale University, and it was then that Celmins decided to become a painter.... Read full biography
Vija Celmins is a California painter who experimented with photo-realism and explored graphite as an expressive medium. She was born in Riga, Latvia in 1938, and in 1944 moved with her family to Germany where they settled in a Latvian refugee camp near Esslinger. The Celmins family then immigrated to the United States in 1948 and made their home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Vija studied at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, and often made trips to New York City with her friends to see the artwork of the Abstract Expressionists. She continued to study at the John Herron Art Institute from 1955 to 1962. During the summer of 1961 she attended summer school at Yale University, and it was then that Celmins decided to become a painter. She moved to California in 1963 to study at the University of California, Los Angeles where she received a... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (14)
All MuseumsCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Orlando Museum of Art
2416 North Mills Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803-1483San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Sixth Street & Independence Avenue Sw
Washington, DC 20560The Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico Foundation
238 Ledoux Street
Taos, NM 87571-6004The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014