St. Petersburg

1960s, 0il on cardboard, 33,5x44 cm /// Herberts Siliņš (1926–2001) is one of the representatives of modern Latvian painting of the second half of the 20th century. He has participated in international and local exhibitions from the beginning of his career until the end of his life. The theme of the works is dominated by yachts, seaside, landscape and city views. The manner of his painting style can be described as pastose and expressive with a tendency to conditionality and abstract form. At the beginning of his creative career the artist focused on realistic depictions of cityscapes. In these paintings characteristic is simplification of shapes, soft lines and conditionality in the representation of objects. Colour is used as one of the main medium of artistic expression.