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Monument to Kārlis Padegs

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On Merkela Street opposite the Riga Latvian Society House, a bronze Sir has assumed the pose of a distracted dandy. This is Kārlis Padegs (1911-1940), a famous Latvian painter of his time, graphic artist and bohemian.

The monument features a flower in its hand, a suit, and a hat, which were once so typical to extravagant painter and graphic artist Kārlis Padegs.

Padegs' style was original and shocking - using themes which were very iconoclastic at the time. His preferred themes were modern urban life, antiwar subjects, an idealised dream world and sarcastic self-portraits. His work was redolent with expressive distortion, refined features and sharp contrasts.

The monument to Padega was initiated by R. Chervenak-Virkavs and was unveiled in summer 1998. The authors are sculptor Andris Vārpa and architect Arno Heinrihsons.

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Merķeļa iela 13

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