title: Hugo Kārlis Grotuss
text: # Hugo Kārlis Grotuss
  
  Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (17 January 1884 in Jaunpils parish "Dočkos" – 16 January 1951 in Dillingen) was a Latvian painter, classified as a Realist. His paintings and drawings include some of the best known and most popular works in Latvian art.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He studied in the studio of Jūlijs Madernieks and also in the Central School of Technical Drawing of Saint Petersburg. He worked as a drawing teacher in some schools of Saint Petersburg, and then became a vice-principal of the Shuvalov – Ozerskov Gymnasium.
  
  In 1920 Grotuss returned to Latvia. He was a member of the Union of Independent Painters, also a member of the board participating in exhibitions of that Union (1921–1934). Then he worked again as a school teacher. During his life he made around 2000 paintings.
  
  