BALTARS' PORCELAIN WORKSHOP

Latvia, where Independent republic was claimed in 1918, can still be characterized by the destructive influence of the First World War on social life and art. The artists and the people in Riga invested a great deal of effort in enlivening and founding the art institutions which also existed before the war. A group of artists who worked to generate particularly new art movements and ideas from 1920s and 1930s started to produce porcelains signed as Baltars, which is well established in the cultural heritage of Latvia. These works on which the technique of over glaze decorum have reflected the different dimension of the national identity in Latvia art. This article investigates the factors that provide a basis for the foundation of Baltars Porcelain Workshops, which inspire porcelain factories such as M.S Kuznetsov Company and J.C. Jensen, which functioned between 1925 and 1928. In addition porcelain and artists are also highlighted as those who promoted the art.