Painter and stage designer
Otto SKULME, USSR Painter and stage designer. Rector since 1944, and Professor 1947, Latvia Academy, of Arts; corresponding member, USSR Academy, of Arts, since 1954; Honoured Art Worker of Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic since 1945. three orders; Stalin Prize, 1947.
Background
SKULME, Otto was born in 1889.
Education
1914 graduated St. Petersburg School of Technology Drawing.
Career
Paints pictures and stage sets. Until 1953 Chairman, Latvia Union of Soviet Artists.