11 Notable alumni of
Art Academy of Latvia

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The Art Academy of Latvia is 2451st in the world, 781st in Europe, and 4th in Latvia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from the Art Academy of Latvia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Sandra Kalniete

    Sandra Kalniete
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    Sandra Kalniete is a Latvian politician, author, diplomat and independence movement leader. She served as Foreign Minister of Latvia 2002–2004 and as European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries in 2004. Since 2009, she has served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the European People's Party.

  2. Džemma Skulme

    Džemma Skulme
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1925-2019 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    artistpainter
    Biography

    Džemma Lija Skulme was a Latvian artist and modernist painter. Džemma Skulme's personality played a paramount role in Latvian art development and social life of Latvia in the second half of the 20th century.

  3. Anšlavs Eglītis

    Anšlavs Eglītis
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1906-1993 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Anšlavs Eglītis was a Latvian writer, journalist and painter who became a war refugee in 1944. He had a prolific career as a novelist, and his later work often examined aspects of exile life.

  4. Kārlis Padegs

    Kārlis Padegs
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1911-1940 (aged 29)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Kārlis Padegs was a Latvian artist. He studied under Latvian painter Vilhelms Purvītis at the Latvia Art Academy. His best-known work is Madonna with Machine Gun, which belongs to the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga.

  5. Ināra Tetereva

    Ināra Tetereva
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Ināra Tetereva is a Latvian philanthropist and patron of charities in Latvia.

  6. Helēna Demakova

    Helēna Demakova
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    art historianpoliticianexhibition curator
    Biography

    Helēna Demakova is a Latvian art historian, curator of art exhibitions, and politician. She served as Culture Minister of Latvia from 2004 until 2009 and was a Member of the 9th Saeima (Parliament of Latvia) and lecturer at the Art Academy of Latvia.

  7. Mārtiņš Krūmiņš

    Mārtiņš Krūmiņš
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1900-1992 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Mārtiņš Krūmiņš was a Latvian-American Impressionist painter. He left Latvia after World War II and came to the United States in 1950. "Mārtiņš Krūmiņš... belongs to those artists of his generation, who amidst the changing trends of contemporary art, after thirty years in exile and emigration, as still basically close to and developing the traditions of their homeland art – of the 'Latvian or Riga School'".

  8. Anda Skadmane

    Anda Skadmane
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Anda Skadmane is a Latvian artist.

  9. Gunārs Lūsis

    Gunārs Lūsis
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    graphic designerpainterdesigner
    Biography

    Gunārs Lūsis is a Latvian artist and graphical designer. Lūsis is notable for creating the design for some of the modern Latvian coins with denominations in Latvian lats, and for authoring the logo for the Latvian presidency of the Council of the European Union.

  10. Arturs Akopjans

    Arturs Akopjans
    Born in
    Georgia Flag Georgia
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Arturs Akopjans is a Latvian painter of Armenian origin.

  11. Antons Kūkojs

    Antons Kūkojs
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1940-2007 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    poetpainterwritertheatrical director
    Biography

    Antons Kūkojs was a Latvian and Latgalian poet, painter and theatre director. In 2000, he was awarded with the Order of the Three Stars.