Niklavs Strunke Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Niklavs Strunke Art Value Price Guide

May. 30, 2020
Mourning. Refugees; Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966)
Est: €3,200 - €8,000
1916-1917. CPaper. watercolor. ink. 12.5x16.5 cm. With the expertise of the State Museum of Art - Mara Lace
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May. 30, 2020
Rest on the road. Refugees; Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966)
Est: €3,200 - €8,000
1916-1917. Cardboard. ink. 13.5x17.5 cm. With the expertise of the State Museum of Art - Māra Lāce
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May. 30, 2020
Red house; Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966)
Est: €1,000 - €2,500
20th century 20's. Paper. pencil. gouache. 16x22 cm
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Nov. 23, 2019
Visby drawing along with the letter; Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966)
Est: €2,600 - €6,500
1965. Paper. mixed media. 19x22 cm
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May. 25, 2019
Old aspen by Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966)
Est: €8,200 - €20,500
1938. Canvas, oil. 81x65 cm
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May. 25, 2019
City by Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966)
Est: €40,000 - €100,000
Beginning of 20th century. Canvas, oil. 70x82 cm
Artembassy
Sep. 22, 2018
Niklavs Strunke (1894–1966)
Est: -
Musicians. 1962, cardboard, oil, 32x22,5 cm
Classic Art Gallery Antonia
May. 19, 2018
Anciently; Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966)
Est: €600 - €1,500
1947. Paper. gouache. 24x30 cm. Estimate of the painting - Liana Liepa
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Nov. 30, 2017
A RARE 1929 LATVIAN BOOK
Est: $150 - $250
KLODS FARRERS AND POLS SAKS, authors. NIKLAVA STRUNKES (LATVIAN 1894-1966), illustrator. NOSLEPUMAINS KREISERS 1914 [Mysterious cruiser 1914], Riga, J.Altbergs and Biedri, 1929. Size: 8vo (205 x 145 mm), softcover, 165 pages. Text in Latvian. NOTES Niklavs Strunke was a Latvian painter, graphic artist and author, and one of the most well-known Latvian modernists. His exceptionally eclectic artistic style blended elements of Latvian folk art, French Cubism, Italian painting, and Russian Constructivism. Born in Poland in 1894, he and his family moved to Valmiera (now Latvia), where he graduated from the Liepina Academy of Sciences in 1909. The same year, Strunke moved to St. Petersburg, where he enrolled at the Tavricheskaya Art School and studied under the likes of Nikolas Roerich and Ivan Bilibin. The artist briefly left for Riga in 1913 to study fine art and work in illustration, but soon returned to St. Petersburg for the sake of the cityÕs lucrative education. He earned his masterÕs from the I.E. Repin Institute of Fine Art, Sculpture and Architecture in 1915. During World War I, Strunke volunteered to serve in the 6th Division of the Latvian Riflemen regiment. After the foundation of the Latvian SSR, the artist moved to Riga and was active as a graphic artist and as a scene designer for the Moscow Latvian Theatre. In 1919 Strunke joined the short-lived Riga ArtistsÕ Group (disbanded in 1920). Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, he traveled extensively throughout Europe: Berlin, Rome, Florence, Capri and worked in Italy as a graphic artist During World War II, Strunke lived in Sweden, where he actively exhibited, holding personal exhibitions in Karlstad (1945), Malmo (1947), Lund (1948) and Stockholm (1927, 1952, 1962), as well group exhibitions with Latvian and Estonian artists in Stockholm (1946) and Hamburg (1964). He died in Rome in 1966, leaving a legacy of over 30 illustrated novels, 700 illustrated book covers, and tens of scene decorations for the WorkersÕ Theatre and the Latvian National Opera, and about 50 porcelain decorations. PROVENANCE INFORMATION This lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Apr. 29, 2017
Oil painting 'Seller in Riga's market' Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966), Latvia, 20th century 30's
Est: €11,400 - €28,500
1939. Canvas. oil. 60x73 cm
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Apr. 29, 2017
Letter to Ziedonis Ligers, author of the letter Niklavs Strunke, 20th century 50's
Est: €5,000 - €12,500
2 pages. Author of the letter Niklavs Strunke, Written in Stockholm. 23.03.1954, 36x22 cm. Letter contains sketch for new painting
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Apr. 29, 2017
Oil painting 'Lute player', Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966), Latvia, 20th century 40's
Est: €1,600 - €4,000
1949. Carton. oil. 33.5x23 cm
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Apr. 29, 2017
Oil painting 'Refugees', Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966), Latvia, 20th century 50's
Est: €1,800 - €4,500
1958. Canvas. oil. 86x49.5 cm
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Apr. 01, 2017
Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966) - At the crossroads
Est: -
Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966) At the crossroads 1951 mixed media on paper 37,5x47 cm
Classic Art Gallery Antonia
Mar. 11, 2017
A LATVIAN BOOK WITH COVER DESIGN BY STRUNKE, 1938
Est: $150 - $200
STRUNKE, Niklavs (Latvian, Swiss 1894-1966) [illustrator], Jacobs, V [editor], IX LATVIESU DZIESMUSVETKI [9th Latvian Song Festival], (Riga, 1938). 220 x 120 mm. Text in Latvian. Softcover. (7), 207, (1) pp. Illustrated.
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Mar. 11, 2017
A LATVIAN BOOK WITH AVANT-GARDE COVER BY STRUNKE, 1934
Est: $200 - $250
STRUNKE, Niklavs (Latvian 1894-1966) [illustrator], author: GILBIS, Ansis, DRUVA UN KARA [Cornfield and War]. First Edition, (Riga, 1934). 12mo (200 x 125 mm). Text in Latvian. Softcover. 342, (1) pp.
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Mar. 11, 2017
A LATVIAN BOOK WITH AVANT-GARDE COVER BY STRUNKE, 1921
Est: $300 - $350
STRUNKE, Niklavs (Latvian 1894-1966) [illustrator], author: LOZINSKI, Samuil. DARBA VESTURE [The History of Work], ( Riga: Daile un Darbs", 1921). 12mo (200 x 140 mm). Text in Latvian. Softcover. 166, (2) pp.
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Mar. 11, 2017
A LATVIAN BOOK ON AVIATION WITH AVANT-GARDE COVER, 1938
Est: $350 - $450
STRUNKE, Niklavs (Latvian, Swiss 1894-1966), Author: Drillis, R., LIDMASINA [Airplane] (Riga: Valtera un Rapas, 1937). 12mo (150 x 210 mm) softcover. 104 pages. Text in Latvian.
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Mar. 11, 2017
A LATVIAN PLAYBOOK WITH ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH COVER BY STRUNKE, 1922
Est: $400 - $500
STRUNKE, Niklavs (Latvian, Swiss 1894-1966) [illustrator], Paegle, L. [author], EELA [Street]. Play. First Edition, (Riga: Daile un Darbs, 1922). 180 x 120 mm. Text in Latvian. Softcover.
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Nov. 12, 2016
Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966), Landscape
Est: €4,100 - €10,250
Author Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966).20th century 30's. Canvas, oil. 32x33.7 cm
Artembassy
Nov. 12, 2016
Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966), Leimanis costume sketch for Falla's ballet "Fantastic dolls"
Est: €800 - €2,000
Author Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966) 1936. Paper, tempera. 31x23.5 cm Exhibited in personal exhibition of N.Strunkes in Riga Museum at 1940th, reproduced in exhibition catalog
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Nov. 05, 2016
Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966) - Joseph and Mary
Est: -
1950, charcoal on paper, 23x45 cm
Classic Art Gallery Antonia
Oct. 30, 2016
A RARE LATVIAN BOOK WITH FUTURISTIC LITHOGRAPH COVER BY STRUNKE, 1922
Est: $350 - $450
KAROGI (Flags). Verses. First Edition. Riga: juna Kultura, 1922. Author: Leons Paegle. Cover: original futuristic lithograph by Niklavs Strunke (1894-1966). Text in Latvian, 180 x 130 mm, softcover.
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