A Latvian painter (1887-1975), that has hitherto been included in the canon of Latvian painting – select examples of Fauvism, neoclassical bathers and the realist peasant genre – create only a partial impression of his artistic legacy. The artist has made over a thousand oil paintings, nearly all of which are undated and unsigned, moreover he has shown but a small portion of his work in the exhibitions he participated in during his lifetime. (extracted from www.mutualart.com)