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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References [<ExternalResource: 'Personal knowledge'.>, <ExternalResource: Anon (1979), 'Latvian Artists in Australia', Compiled, written and published by Society of Latvian Artists in Australia (A.L.M.A.), Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Rees, Lloyd and Zusters, Reinis (1971), 'Reinis Zusters', Collins Australian Artists Editions, Sydney, NSW and London, England.>, <ExternalResource: Speirs, Hugh (1981), 'Landscape Art and the Blue Mountains', Alternative Publishing Co-operative, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Germaine, Max (1975), 'Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand', Lansdowne Editions, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: McGillick, Paul (2000), 'Tributes: Reinis Zusters', Volume 38, Number 1 (Spring), p 68. Art & Australia, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Milton, Paul (1972), 'Art Folios - 12 Australian Paintings in the Art Gallery of NSW', Heinemann, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Washington, Judy (1989), 'Artists of Lane Cove', Lane Cove Public Library, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Zusters, Reinis (1981), 'Spiral Vision', (p 176) Bay Books, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Zusters, Reinis (1988), 'The Birth of a Nation,', Australian Bicentennial Authority, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 'Obituary', no. 126, p. 40, Art Monthly Australia, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: 'Obituary', p. 20, Sydney Morning Herald, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Gauja, Martins (s hacek) (2000), 'Obituary', Maksla, USA.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Personal knowledge'.>]