FAMOUS ARTISTKonrads Ubans

Konrads Ubans was a Latvian artist, a pillar of the Latvian landscape school and a bridge between the generation that founded national art and the postwar masters. Born in Riga, he studied in various art schools in Riga, Odessa, and Penza.

Ubans is a classic of Latvian landscape painting. His works are distinguished by superb composition, mastery of perspective, and meticulous coloring. He painted cityscapes and rural vistas, architecture and nature, with equal conviction. While Ubans also created portraits and genre scenes, landscape was his calling. His palette is restrained, dignified, and built on finely crafted relationships.

Ubans was one of the founders and a longtime professor at the Latvian Academy of Arts.