Marking the centenary of the outstanding Latvian émigré artist, playwright and painter Raimonds Staprāns, the Latvian National Museum of Art (Jaņa Rozentāla laukums 1, Riga) presents the exhibition Raimonds Staprāns. The Architecture of Silence from 14 August 2026 to 17 January 2027 in the museum’s 4th-floor galleries.
The centenary exhibition of Raimonds Staprāns (1926–2026) aims to introduce works never seen before in Latvia while providing a focused yet comprehensive overview of the artist’s career – from his earliest paintings of the 1950s to the last ones created in the 21st century. In the spring of 2025, the exhibition curator, Dr. art. Elita Ansone, had the opportunity to select paintings for the exhibition at the Latvian National Museum of Art directly from the artist’s studio in San Francisco. The resulting selection reveals the evolution of Staprāns’ distinctive painterly language over the course of seven decades.
