Small Town Street In Autumn

Mid 1970s, oil on cardbord, 85x100 cm (with frame 87,5x102,5x3,5 cm) /// Valdis Bušs (1924–2014) is one of the most prominent and expressive Latvian landscape painters, celebrated for his rich use of colour and distinctive, dynamic approach. According to its stylistics and depicted thematic, the work of art belongs to second half of the 1970s. A landscape with a motif of small town. In the central part, by the use of extended brushstrokes is depicted road motif with the silhouette of a human figure which is one of the artist’s typical motif. The leafage shapes of the trees are modelled with a circular stroke similarly to other works of this period. The composition is created with thick individual brushstrokes, colour contrasts are used as an artistic expression. The artwork is reproduced in the e-book “On the Bright Side of Life. Valdis Bušs” and in both the e-book and physical book “Krāsa un gaisma. Valdis Bušs,” authors: Līga Baņķiere and Ieva Trillo, published by LLC Art Platz, Riga, 2024.