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Raimonds Staprans

b. 1926

"Boats," 1964

Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: Staprans 64; titled on gallery label affixed verso
48" H x 38" W

  • Provenance:
    John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA, 1979
  • Exhibited:
    Pasadena, CA, Pasadena Museum of California Art, "Raimonds Staprans: Art of Tranquility and Turbulence," January 22 - March 19, 2006 (the exhibition also traveled to the State Museum in Riga, Latvia)
  • Notes:
    With an alternate title on a label affixed verso: "Two Boats"

    Raimonds Staprans' paintings are celebrated for their bold use of color or contrast, geometric forms, and unique interplay between abstraction and representation. Staprans depicts everyday objects and landscapes with distinctive clarity and intensity, and his artistic contributions have firmly established him as a significant figure in the Bay Area painting movement. Throughout his career, Staprans exhibited widely, earning acclaim for both his visual art and his literary works, which include several successful plays. His enduring impact on the art world is marked by a relentless exploration of form, color and contrast, making his pieces a testament to his innovative spirit and artistic mastery. Staprans' work transforms quotidian scenes into compelling visual statements.

    In the present painting, two row boats stand side by side in the lower right corner of a linear landscape composition. Staprans divides the scene into distinct visual areas and uses a limited palette of creams, grays and blacks to convey a thoroughly modern perspective. "Boats" achieves compositional harmony through spare form and palette.
  • Condition: Visual: Overall good condition. Craquelure scattered throughout. Areas of paint shrinkage in some of the darker pigments of the boats.

    Blacklight: Touch-up scattered along the four edges. A pea-sized spot of touch-up upper left. A quarter-sized spot and a few small spots of touch-up upper center.

    Frame: 49.25" H x 39.5" W x 2" D


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