The Latvian National Museum of art

The beginnings of Latvian professional art may be sought in the mid-19th century.
1920s- we can talk about so-called Classical Modernism in Latvian art.

Up to the late 1920s, Latvian Classical Modernist painting saw purposeful development in Western Europan Art, but in the 1930s, Realism increasingly established itself as the prevailing direction in Latvian art.

Collections of The Latvian National Museum of art:

• Baltic Art: From the End of 18th to the End of 19th Century ;
• Russian Art: From the 18th to the 1st Half of the 20th Century ;
• Latvian Art: From the End of 19th to the Mid-20th Century ;
• Cabinet of Latvian Pastel Painting of the First Half of the 20th Century.

Source: Latvia, Surprising Art from the 20th Century. Neputns.
Photo source: classic.culture.lv