Aleksandra Briede Explained

Aleksandra Briede
Birth Date:	25 July 1901
Birth Place:	Libau, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Riga, Latvia
Occupation:	Sculptor

Aleksandra Briede (née Kalniņa; 25 July 1901, in Liepāja – 14 November 1992, in Riga) was a Latvian sculptor, best remembered for her work in the field of portrait sculpture. She is best known for her sculptures of Rainis in 1956, of Pauls Stradiņš at the Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital in 1963, and tombstone of Pēteris Pauls Jozuus in 1937. For a sculpture of Vladimir Lenin, she was invested with the Order of Lenin in 1956.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Kārklin̦a . Gal̦ina . Aleksandra Briede . 1971 . Izdevniecība "Liesma" . lv.
2. Book: Ziedainis . V. . Aleksandra Briede. [With a Portrait and Reproductions, and with a Summary and List of Illustrations in Russian.]. . 1964 . Latv. Valsts Izd. . en.
3. Web site: Aleksandra Briede . Sieviete Latvijas kultūrā un sabiedrībā (1870–1940) // Womage . 27 June 2023 . lv.
4. Web site: Aleksandra Briede Biography . www.mutualart.com . 27 June 2023 . en.
5. Web site: Briede Aleksandra - Porcelāns - Klasiskās mākslas galerija ANTONIJA . www.antonia.lv . 27 June 2023.