- Auseklis Ozols
Auseklis Ozols is an American painter and
fine arts educator, based inNew Orleans, Louisiana .Ozols was born in
Latvia in1941 . He moved to the U.S. with his family in 1950. He studied at thePennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and theTrenton School of Industrial Arts .Inspired by the model of
Thomas Eakins and thePennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts , Ozols founded theNew Orleans Academy of Fine Arts in1978 to gather together artists and aspiring artists and to teach Classical techniques, stressing working from life.As of 2007 , he continues to actively serve as both the Director and an instructor.Ozols's work is well regarded by fellow painters. He is noted for being fluent with a wide repertory of artistic techniques and styles seldom mastered by a single individual.
His daughter,
Saskia Ozols , is also a painter and instructor at theNew Orleans Academy of Fine Arts ..External links
* [http://www.noafa.com/admin_auseklis.htm Auseklis Ozols on New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts site]
* [http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Depts/VizArts/ClarkHall/international/Ozols.html Ozols on S.E. Louisiana University site]
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