Ivars Hirss
{{Short description|Latvian-American painter}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Ivars Hiršs
| image = JG99 Hirss.jpg
| caption = Ivars Hiršs photograph by Alberts Vasils, from the 1974 edition of Jaunā Gaita
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|07|11}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|03|10|1931|07|11}}
| death_place = San Francisco
| nationality = Latvia, American
| field = Painter
| movement = Graphics
}}
Ivars Hiršs (1931–1989) was a Latvian-born American painter.
Life and work
Hiršs was born in Riga, into an extremely wealthy Latvian family of Roberts Hiršs, a textile mill owner. Contrary to his father's wishes that he become a businessman, Hiršs pursued a career in art. The family left Latvia in the late 1930s and moved to Sweden, before emigrating to the United States. There Hiršs graduated with a Masters from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1954.{{Cite web |title=Ivars Hiršs |url=https://timenote.info/lv/Ivars-Hirss |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=timenote.info |language=lv}}
He continued his studies at the California College of the Arts and Crafts, later moving to San Francisco, where, by the early 1960s he had made a name for himself in graphics, as well as within the greater San Francisco art community.Jaunā Gaita No. 197, August 1994 He had several successful exhibits, including one at the Triangle Gallery (San Francisco) in 1962 and another in 1967 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.Artforum, Vol. II, No. 7, 1964 His work often included a bright primary color upon which other colors were then superimposed. It also often included Latvian decorations or ornaments.Jaunā Gaita No. 99, 1974 (http://zagarins.net/JG/jg99/JG99_In_This_Issue.htm)
Hiršs died in 1989 from complications related to alcoholism. With the revival of modernist aesthetics, Hiršs' art has received renewed interest from scholars.
Exhibitions
- 1962 Thesis (M.F.A.)--California College of Arts and Crafts "The serigraphs of Ivars Hirss", San Francisco, CA{{Cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13594773W/The_serigraphs_of_Ivars_Hirss|title = The serigraphs of Ivars Hirss. (Edition) | Open Library}}
- 1967 January 17-February 12, "Serigraphs by Rolf Eiselin and Ivars Hirss: San Francisco Museum of Art. CA{{Cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1212907W/Serigraphs_by_Rolf_Eiselin_and_Ivars_Hirss|title = Serigraphs by Rolf Eiselin and Ivars Hirss (1967 edition) | Open Library}}
- 1971 January 15-February 28, "San Francisco Art Institute centennial exhibition", San Francisco CA
Selected major collections
- The Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico. CA{{cite web |url=http://janetturner.org/collections.php?limit_by=last_name,Hirss |title=Janet Turner Print Museum: Collection: Main Collection |website=janetturner.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726201319/http://janetturner.org/collections.php?limit_by=last_name,Hirss |archive-date=2011-07-26}}
(in others as well as many private collections)
List of works
- Untitled, 1962, Serigraph / color Collection of The Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico CA.
- My Window Facing East, Serigraph/color, Collection of The Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico CA.
References
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=Additional reference=
- American artist, Vol 28, P 63 1964
- S.F. Art Clippings v.4: 122 - exhibit
External links
- [http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=2000021201&letter=h San Francisco Public Library, Artists File : Hirss, Ivars (1931- ) b. Riga, Latvia S.F]
- [http://www.janetturner.org/collections.php?sort_by=technique&pageID=160 The Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico. Collection: Ivars Hirss.]
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Category:Latvian male painters
Category:American contemporary painters
Category:20th-century American painters
Category:American male painters
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