Veldre Harijs
1927 - 1999
Painter.
Harijs Veldre (1927-1999) – until 1947 Harijs Bullis.
Harijs Veldre was born in Riga on the 8th of March, 1927.
Studied at the School of Arts and Crafts of Riga, where he learned drawing skills from Jekabs Bine (1942-1943), later on studied at the Studio of Leo Svemps (1942-1944). In 1949 graduated from the Department of Figurative painting at the Art Academy of Latvia (diploma work supervised by G. Eliass).
Worked as an educator at the Janis Rozentals Art School of Riga (1951-1956, 1964-1965).
Member of the Artists’ Union since 1949. Exhibited since 1974. Solo exhibitions in: Riga (1967, 1968, 1977, 1992, 1995), Liepaja and Ventspils(1972), Valmiera and Saldus (1982), Jurmala (1988), Lapmezciems (1997).
His paintings were exhibited at the exhibitions of Soviet artists in England, Japan, France, Holland, Finland etc.
Harijs Veldre died in Riga on the 6th of May, 1999.
