The exhibition talks about classical modernism and its emergence in Latvian art,
presenting it through the prism of Jāzeps Grosvalds’ evolution into a modern young
gentleman, his rather carefree yet creative impulse-driven dandy’s life in Paris and
during travels, his transformation into a defender of his homeland and the originator
and documenter of nationally important subjects as well as about the significance of
the author’s oeuvre for the development of Latvian art in general. The exhibition
shows around 400 Jāzeps Grosvalds’ artworks from the collections of Latvian and
Swedish museums as well as private collections, among them, more than 150 works
from the Värmlands Museum in Karlstad.
“I am now committed to living for art”
Jāzeps Grosvalds. 1891–1920