K%C4%81rlis Padegs
Krlis Padegs is one of Latvias most popular artists. He studied under noted Latvian painter Vilhelms Purvtis at the Latvia Art Academy. Padegs style was original and shocking using themes which were very iconoclastic at the time.
Krlis Padegs was born onOctober 1911 in Torakalns, workers district of Riga. Padegs spent all his life in Riga with the exception of several years in childhood during World War I when he lived in Dorpat Estonia. The presence of his motherland is, however, rarely felt in his art. One is made acutely aware of an atmosphere reminiscent of Chicago and Paris.
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