title: List of Latvian artists
text: # List of Latvian artists
  
  This is a chronological list of Latvian artists working in visual media who were born or whose creative production is associated with Latvia:
  
  * Elise von Jung-Stilling (1829-1904) Painter, founder of a private painting school in Riga
  * Kārlis Hūns (1831-1877) Painter
  * Ādams Alksnis (1864-1897) Painter
  * Vilhelms Purvītis (1872-1945) Painter, Founder of the Latvian Academy of the Arts
  * Emīlija Gruzīte (1873-1945) Painter
  * Maurice Sterne (1878-1957) Painter
  * Hugo Kārlis Grotuss (1884-1969) Painter
  * Frédéric Fiebig (1885-1953) Painter
  * Leo Michelson (1887-1978) Painter
  * Jazeps Grosvalds (1891-1969) Painter
  * Aleksandra Belcova (1892-1981) Painter
  * Arvīds Brastiņš (1893-1984) Sculptor
  * Jēkabs Bīne (1895-1955) Painter and stained glass artist
  * Uga Skulme (1895-1963) Painter
  * Jēkabs Kazaks (1895-1920) Painter
  * Romans Suta (1896-1944) Painter, graphic artist, stage designer and art theoretician
  * Hilda Vīka (1897-1963) Painter and illustrator
  * Julius Matisons (1898-1978) Painter
  * Mark Rothko (1903-1970) Painter
  * Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) Photographer
  * Lucia Peka (1912-1991) Painter
  * Arnold Mikelson (1922-1984) Wood sculptor
  * Aina Apse (1926–2015) Potter
  * Vija Celmins (born 1939) Painter
  * Tatyana Palchuk (born 1954) Painter
  * Nele Zirnite (born 1959) Printmaker
  * Ilgvars Zalans (born 1962) Painter, action painting performer
  * Arturs Akopjans (born 1969) Painter
  