Barefoot Irbe
In the central street of Riga, Brīvības iela, there is a bronze statue of a man sitting on a rock and drawing with a pastel pencil. This bearded, oddly-dressed, barefoot man resembles a character from a fairy tale. However, such…
Category Biographies
Sometimes the biography of a great artist is so interesting, that it can become a great plot for a novel – or for an article, at least.
Arkady Rylov and His Broad Expanse
Several recent posts on my blog are quite long and serious. I wanted my new entry to be light. I decided to write about a landscape that radiates joy, started to read the remembrances of the artist who created the…
The True Soviet Ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya
“I am a product of the Soviet era,” Olga Lepeshinskaya said in an interview. She really was a person of her time – in the best sense.
Olga Spessivtseva, a World-Famous Giselle and Patient 360446
You may have seen the ballet Giselle or heard of it, at least. Its main character is a peasant who, despite her frailty, loves to dance. Beautiful and pure-minded, she’s meant to be happy… A dreadful tragedy suddenly happens in…