Uga Skulme

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Uga Skulme
"Self-portrait" by Uga Skulme, 1926
Born	(1895-05-20)20 May 1895 Jēkabpils, Russian Empire, (Now  Latvia
Died	6 November 1963(1963-11-06) (aged 68) Moscow, USSR, (Now  Russia
Nationality	Latvian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Modernism, Neoclassicism, Cubism, Purism
Spouse(s)

Uga Skulme (20 May 1895 – 6 November 1963) was a Latvian painter.

Skulme was born in Jēkabpils, Courland Governorate . He studied at the Faculty of Law, the St. Petersburg University, in Russia, and the (between 1913 and 1914), the Architecture Department at the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts (1914 - 1916) and the Painting Department under K. Petrov-Vodkin. Stylistically he was a Cubist and has been compared to Aleksandra Belcova for his use of the static form, cool range of colours, thin layer of paint and a sheen close to the metal surface with the accent on drawing.

Skulme was a member of the between 1921 and 1939 and head of the drawing studio at the Rīga People's High School between 1924 and 1927 and a private art studio between 1923 and 1927. He was a professor at the Latvian State Academy of Arts in 1941 and again between 1945 and 1963. In addition to this he was a contributor to the Daugava magazine and the editorial staff member of the between 1928 and 1940.

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