Maris Bishofs (Bišofs)

born 1939, Rujiena, Latvia

"The Winner Takes it All", 1991
Original Hand-Signed Mixed Media & Collage -
Dated 1991

Artist Name: Maris Bishofs (Bišofs)


Title: "The winner takes it all", 1991

Signature Description: Hand-signed and dated "1991" lower right


Technique: Mixed media & collage on paper

Size: 35 x 50 cm / 13.78" x 19.69" inch

Frame: Unframed

Condition: Good condition


Artist's Biography:


Maris Bishofs, Painter and illustrator, born 1939, Latvia.
Immigrated to Israel 1972.

Lived in Paris in the early 1980's, and afterwards in New York 1984-2003.

In the fall of 2003 the artist returned permanently to Latvia.

Worked mainly in satirical caricatures.


Maris Bishofs was born in 1939 in Rujiena, Latvia in what was then the Soviet Union.
In 1965 he became the first artist to graduate from the Latvian Art Academy with an interior design degree.
In 1972 the artist fled Latvia to Israel where he worked and exhibited his art until he moved to Paris, France in the early 1980s.
In 1984 he moved to New York City, to what would become a highly celebrated career as a commercial illustrator.
In 2003, after nineteen years in New York, he moved back to Latvia, and continues even now to publish books featuring his own art.
His first book entitled “The Exhibition” was published in 1978. Since then, he has had no less than ten books published all featuring his own special brand of illustration. His latest, entitled; “The Book of Drawings” was published in 2007.
In addition to books, Maris’ illustrations have been featured in solo exhibitions across the world, from North America to the Middle East, and from Western Europe to Eastern Europe.

Bishofs made a name for himself with his original style of rendering and his unique conceptual interpretations of current affairs.
His work has been featured on the covers of such high-profile periodicals as, the New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, Newsweek, Washington Post, The Nation, Smart Money, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Barron’s, Rolling Stone and US News & World Report.
This collection of publications is supplemented by the artist's drawings in Latvian magazines Dadzis (1963-1966) and Rigas laiks (2001-2003), as well as the newspaper Diena (2002-2004).
First gaining recognition in the early nineteen-eighties, his successful career as an illustrator spans nearly forty years with ten books about him and his works.

The State Art Museum of Latvia displays satirical drawings by Maris Bishofs 
06 Feb 2005

 

 

 

 

From 9 February to 13 March at the State Art Museum, visitors will be able to view an exhibit of Maris Bishofs' satirical drawings. From 21 February to 6 March, visitors will be able to practice drawing in the artist's create workshop.

Bishofs' personal exhibit "Bishofs' View" introduces the audience to satirical drawing, a genre rarely applied in Latvia and even more rarely seen in museum exhibit halls.

The personal exhibit is a selection of over one hundred drawings – ink, gouache, watercolour, and acrylic techniques, which give a glance into the artist's creative style over a period of almost forty years. The exposition includes some of the original ink drawings published in the artist's books 'The Exhibition' (1978)", 'Feisty Virginia Woolf' (1985), 'The Alien Diaries' (1986), as well as drawings from his latest book 'My Latvia', which was commissioned by the Latvian Institute and released in December.

Visitors will be introduced to foreign newspapers and magazines that carried Bishofs' drawings between 1984 and 2003: Time Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Nation, Village Voice, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Barron '9s, Hippocrates, and Harper's. This collection of publications is supplemented by the artist's drawings in Latvian magazines Dadzis (1963-1966) and Rigas laiks (2001-2003), as well as the newspaper Diena (2002-2004).

The name of the exhibit was taken from Bishofs' column in the daily newspaper Diena, which has been regularly publishing the artist's drawings since fall, 2002 about current issues, events, and developments in Latvia and the world. Bishofs was born in 1939 in Rujiena, Latvia. In 1965 he became the first artist to graduate from the Latvian Art Academy with an interior design diploma. In 1972 the artist emigrated to Israel. He lived in Paris in the early 1980's, but in New York 1984-2003. In the fall of 2003 the artist returned permanently to Latvia.

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