Lucia Peka Artist

Lucia Peka (March 30, 1912 – August 13, 1991) was a Latvian-American Artist. Born in Latvia, she became part of the Diaspora of artists who fled Latvia during World War II, and eventually settled in the United States where she was a successful painter of landscapes, figures, and still life for almost 50 years. A touring gallery collection travelled the world (2010–2011) exhibiting a collection of Peka oil paintings along with other Latvian Displaced Persons of the mid 20th century.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Lucija Rudzitis
Birth dateMarch 30, 1912
Birth place
Latvia , Umurga
Nationality
Latvian American
Date of deathAugust 13, 1991
Place of death
Pennsylvania , Pittsburgh

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Artist

Field of work
Painting
training at
Carnegie Institute
Schulich School of Music

Topical connections

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Lucia Peka on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://cwahi.concordia.ca
  2. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/2970584
  3. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lucia-Peka
  4. http://latvianart.org
  5. http://sthweb.bu.edu/archives/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Lucia_Peka
  6. http://warsearch.com/topic/List_of_Latvians
  7. http://www.americanlatvianartists.org/history.html
  8. http://www.doms.lv/gallery
  9. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lucia-Peka/46291489116
  10. http://www.latvianart.org