Miervaldis Polis
Miervaldis Polis (23 July 1948 – 21 February 2026) was a Latvian painter and performance artist. In the early 1970s, he and Līga Purmale, his wife at the time, started a new trend of photorealism in Latvian painting. In the early 1980s, he turned to performance art, one of his most notable performances being The Bronze Man, wherein he roamed the streets of Riga, Latvia, in a bronze suit, covered from head to toe in bronze paint.
Miervaldis Polis
- Born
- 1948 · Riga.
- Died
- 2026
- Nationality
- Latvia · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- painter · performance artist
- Movements
- photorealism
- Education
- Art Academy of Latvia
- Languages
- Latvian
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Miervaldis Polis (23 July 1948 – 21 February 2026) was a Latvian painter and performance artist. In the early 1970s, he and Līga Purmale, his wife at the time, started a new trend of photorealism in Latvian painting. In the early 1980s, he turned to performance art, one of his most notable performances being The Bronze Man, wherein he roamed the streets of Riga, Latvia, in a bronze suit, covered from head to toe in bronze paint.
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Born at Riga in 1948, died in 2026.
Miervaldis Polis studied at Art Academy of Latvia. The recorded working language is Latvian.
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