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.
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Name
Reinis Zusters
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Chief designer (ANZSIC code: 6921) (Chief designer with the Australian-American architectural firm Austin-Anderson, at St. Leonards, Sydney, NSW)
  • Draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 692) (Draughtsman with the Department of Works and Housing in Canberra, ACT)
Birth date
15 October 1918
Birth place
Odessa, Ukraine , Odessa, Ukraine (Russia)
Death date
8 October 1999
Death place
Wentworth Falls, NSW
Burial place
Cremated at Rookwood Crematorium, ashes buried in Latvian section of Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1950 - 1999
Arrival
  • 1950
Residence
  • ( Odessa, Ukraine)
  • ( Latvia)
  • Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW
  • Sydney, NSW
  • Canberra, ACT
Training
  • East Sydney Technical College
  • 1935 - 1940 Technical College of Riga, Latvia
Cultural Heritage
  • Latvian
Languages
  • Latvian
  • English
Copyright
  • Venita Zusters

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  • Australian Artists Exhibitions (exhibited at)
  • Artists' Society of Canberra (exhibited at)
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  • Royal Easter Show: art prize exhibitions (exhibited at)
  • Metropolis 2: an exhibition of 21 city painters (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Osaka Triennale '96 (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Osaka Triennale'93 (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Latvian Artists - Side by Side (exhibited at)
  • A Regional Response (exhibited at)
  • The General Exhibition of Latvian Art (exhibited at)
  • Osaka Triennale '90 (None)
  • Lloyd Rees and Friends, Von Bertouch Galleries 26th Anniversary Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • The Artist and Lane Cove, Bicentennial Exhibition of Celebrated Lane Cove Artists (exhibited at)
  • Australian Bicentennial Project, Birth of a Nation (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Reinis Zusters Survey Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Book launching (Spiral Vision) and exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Trinity Society of Arts: Reinis Zusters Tribute Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Adelaide Arts Festival (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Reinis Zusters and William Peascod Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Artists Exhibitions (exhibited at)
  • Artists' Society of Canberra (exhibited at)
  • Artists' Society of Canberra (exhibited at)
  • Royal Easter Show: art prize exhibitions (exhibited at)