Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Margarita Stipnieks was born in Latvia, in 1910 and graduated from the Academy of Art in Riga. After exhibiting in Europe and the United States of America, Stipnieks arrived in Australia in 1950, and settled in Adelaide, painting still-life (especially flowers), portraits and figure work. She was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts, and in 1963 was appointed visiting lecturer at the South Australian School of Art.
Stipnieks' still life flower paintings turn a mundane subject into an adventurous work of art. Stipnieks's confident technique produces a crowded canvas, where richly-decorated geometric shapes compete with the creative energy of the flowers. The artist uses a myriad of brilliant colours to produce these works of intense vitality.
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Daisies
oil on board
30 x 40 cm
signed lower right
(framed)
$440
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Expressionist Study
oil on board
60 x 45 cm
signed lower left
(framed)
$1,800
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Still Life with Jug
oil on board
58 x 43 cm
signed lower right
(framed)
$1,200
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Still Life II
oil on board
44 x 35 cm
signed lower right
(framed)
$850
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Still Life Study III
oil on board
50 x 39 cm
signed lower right
(framed)
$1,750
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Still Life IV
oil on board
60 x 45 cm
signed lower right
(framed)
$1,450
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Homage to Grace
oil on board
60 x 49 cm
signed lower right
(framed)
$2,200
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Dreaming
oil on board
44 x 59 cm
signed lower right 'The Dream'
(framed)
$880
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
The Couple
oil on board
53 x 41 cm
signed lower right
(framed)
$1,100
Margarita Stipnieks 1910 - 2010
Portrait
oil on board
55 x 41 cm
signed lower left
(framed)