Raimonds Staprans: Art of Tranquility and Turbulence

by Paul J. Karlstrom, Peter Selz, Helena Demakova, et al.

Book Overview

In 1947 the young Raimonds Staprans emigrated with his family from Latvia to America, and for the past half century the artist and playwright has lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area. In Raimonds Staprans: Art of Tranquility and Turbulence , Paul Karlstrom investigates the realism and abstraction in Staprans's work, focusing on the more edgy and self-revealing paintings by bringing the artist's life experience and personal psychology prominently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295985844
• ISBN13: 9780295985848
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.1" x 10.2"