Born on October
27, 1893 in Liepaja (Latvia), died on January 5, 1984 in New York.
Painter. Professional training the Art School in Kiev (1913 -
1915), Stiglitz's Central School for Technical Drawing (1915 -
1917), Imperial School of the Association for the Fostering of
Art, St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1918), and Latvian Academy
of Arts (1923-1926), where he graduated from the Workshop in Figure
Painting under professor J. R. Tilbergs. Humanities at the St.
Petersburg University, and the Department of Philology and Philosophy
of the University of Latvia (1921 - 1922). Member of the Independent
Artists' Union (1924 - 1928), Association of Latvian Artists (1927
- 1931), artists' group "Sadarbs"(1931 - 1940). One of the most
outstanding representatives of the Latvian figural painting in
the period between the World Wars. Painted genre scenes (motifs
of peasants' and fishermen's life, women at the sea), altarpieces
in oil. The works on large canvases feature monumental conception,
often with a symbolic undertone, and peculiar lighting effects.
His personal style can be related to the painterly manner of Neorealism.
Professor at the Latvian Academy of Arts (1929-1944). Emigration
to Germany in 1944. In 1949, he moved to the United States. Founder
of the association of Latvian artists in Eslingen (Germany), head
of the art section of the ALA Culture Bureau (1951 - 1973), the
fine arts section of LAMZA (1952-1983).
References: Art and Architecture. Biographies, Riga, 1996;
J. Veselis. Augusts Annuss. Riga, 1944; Latvian Fine Arts in 1860--1940.
Riga, 1986; J. Silins. Latvian Art in 1915 - 1940, II. Stockholm,
1990; Latvian State Academy of Arts, compiled by I. Burane, Riga,
1989; Augusts Annuss: 1893 - 1984. Exhibition Catalogue, Riga,
1993. |
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The New Farmer. 1928. Oil on canvas. 128 x 188 cm
In the Bath-House. 1933.Oil on canvas. 99 x 98
cm
Afternoon Meal. 1939. Oil on canvas. 
Christ in the Field of Rye. ca 1940. Oil on canvas.72 x 55 cm
On the Way Home.1940. Oil on canvas. 170 x 159 cm