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Arbit Blatas was a painter and sculptor. He also made graphic works, and designed stage sets for theatres in Warsaw, Hamburg, Venice, Madrid, Lisbon and Vancouver.

Arbit blatas biography templates free Blatas' vivid colours and joie de vivre extends through his entire canon of paintings: landscapes, portraits and still lifes. The French art critic, Jean Bouret, summed the artist up this way: "He is color, his palette is color, exuberant and sensual, as is the man." Throughout his life, Arbit Blatas received many awards and honours. Among them.

From his very first personal exhibitions, he was acknowledged as a gifted artist who ‘manifested features of individuality and national identity’ (Pr., , Lietuvos žinios, ). He embraced artistic experimentation eagerly. The impact of Realism, Impressionism and Primitivism can be traced in his work.

It also contains manifestations of Abstractionism, Constructivism and Cubism, but the work of his mature period is dominated by the stylistics of German Expressionism. He liked to highlight silhouettes with black contours, and play with contrasts of warm and cold colours, which injected strong dramatic elements into his works.

Arbit Blatas was the youngest painter at La Ruche, and was later nicknamed the chronicler of the École de Paris, after he committed to canvas or sculpture over 40 members of this artistic movement.

His skilfully conveyed psychological portraits, rhythmic compositions of figures, and sophisticated still-lifes fascinate connoisseurs of painting, but the highlights of his artistic expression are the architectural scenery of Paris and Venice, and the natural landscapes of Lithuania. When Blatas returned to his home country, he would regularly organise painting sessions in the open air with his friends Max Band and Issai Kulviansky.

Arbit blatas biography templates Arbit Blatas was honoured with many awards during his lifetime including a Certificate of Appreciation from New York City Mayor Ed Koch, the gold medal "Venezia Riconoscente" from the city of Venice and the Medaille de Vermeil of the City of Paris, and he was named a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur by the French Government for his.

His predilection for painting natural views in his native land was noticed by the French critic Waldemar George: ‘Nature painted by Arbit Blatas speaks to us. His works reflect the spirit of his native Lithuania’ (, Naujoji Romuva,44–).

The abundant artistic legacy of Arbit Blatas is held in major museums and private collections around the world.

Over of his paintings, graphic works and sculptures are owned by the Lithuanian Museum of Art, donated by his widow Regina Reznik.

 

Information source:

Litvak Art in Private Lithuanian Collections. Compiler Gradinskaite, V. (). Vilnius: Lewben Art Foundation