Winter | |
Other Language 1: | Latvian |
Other Title 1: | Ziema |
Artist: | Vilhelms Purvītis |
Year: | 1910 |
Material: | oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 72 |
Width Metric: | 101.3 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
Museum: | Latvian National Museum of Art |
City: | Riga |
Winter (Latvian: Ziema) is an Impressionist painting by the Latvian painter Vilhelms Purvītis from 1910 .
The painting is oil on canvas with dimensions 72 x 101.3 centimeters. It is held in the collection of the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga.[1]
The subject is a snowy landscape with a half icy river before clusters of trees in the evening sun.
Purvītis is considered the greatest Latvian painter of the 20th century.[2]