The series „Classics of Latvian Art” includes books of medium size, offering an easily perceptible information about Latvian classical artists and their works. Similar to the „STUDIJA Library” the series „Classics of Latvian Art” is intended as bilingual (Latvian/English), richly illustrated publications. An attractive supplement at the end of each book is a timeline where the life of Latvian artists can be viewed within the context of world events, revealing connections, parallels or just interesting coincidences.Democratic subject matter, most commonly the everyday life of fishermen and peasants, scenes from the market and the inn, and a tonally rich and expressive mode of painting – these are the defining characteristics of Jānis Liepiņš as an artist, which have ensured him an abiding place in the panorama of 1920s and 30s Latvian painting
Sigita Daugule