MARIS BISHOFS Latvia 1939 -
Maris 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 he emigrated to Israel, then lived in Paris in the early 1980's, then New York, then in 2003 returned permanently to Latvia. His successful career as an illustrator spans nearly forty years with ten books written about him. His sardonic cartoon work has been seen on the covers of such high profile periodicals as The New Yorker. Bishofs is an illustrator whose impressions of New York life in particular and American life in general are summarized in the peculiarly serious, puzzling, but very funny cartoons. His recent book purports to be entries from the diaries of an extraterrestrial female who looks a little like an ant. There are also drawings that obliquely suggest the alienation and over-mechanization of modern life.
Maris BISHOFS Latvia
Prison Balls 1975
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250 x 350 image size
350 x 500 paper size
Maris BISHOFS Latvia
Art Gallery 1975
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250 x 350 image size
350 x 500 paper size
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