Reinis Zusters b. 15 October 1918

  • Artist (Painter)
Reinis Zusters OAM was born in Odessa, Ukraine, on 15 October 1918; arrived in Australia in 1950 and died in Wentworth Falls, NSW, 8 October 1999. A prolific artist in oils, whose work is widely represented in Australia and overseas. He produced many large landscapes, including triptychs of the Blue Mountains.

Citations

  • 'Personal knowledge’.

  • Anon (1979), 'Latvian Artists in Australia’, Compiled, written and published by Society of Latvian Artists in Australia (A.L.M.A.), Sydney, NSW.

  • Rees, Lloyd and Zusters, Reinis (1971), 'Reinis Zusters’, Collins Australian Artists Editions, Sydney, NSW and London, England.

  • Speirs, Hugh (1981), 'Landscape Art and the Blue Mountains’, Alternative Publishing Co-operative, Sydney, NSW.

  • Germaine, Max (1975), 'Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand’, Lansdowne Editions, Sydney, NSW.

  • McGillick, Paul (2000), 'Tributes: Reinis Zusters’, Volume 38, Number 1 (Spring), p 68. Art & Australia, Sydney, NSW.

  • Milton, Paul (1972), 'Art Folios – 12 Australian Paintings in the Art Gallery of NSW’, Heinemann, Melbourne, VIC.

  • Washington, Judy (1989), 'Artists of Lane Cove’, Lane Cove Public Library, Sydney, NSW.

  • Zusters, Reinis (1981), 'Spiral Vision’, (p 176) Bay Books, Sydney, NSW.

  • Zusters, Reinis (1988), 'The Birth of a Nation,’, Australian Bicentennial Authority, Sydney, NSW.

  • 'Obituary’, no. 126, p. 40, Art Monthly Australia, Sydney, NSW.

  • 'Obituary’, p. 20, Sydney Morning Herald, NSW.

  • Gauja, Martins (s hacek) (2000), 'Obituary’, Maksla, USA.

See also

  • 'Zusters, Reinis (1981) Spiral Vision. Bay Books, Sydney, NSW'.