Poster Archive About
This website allows you to view the digitized poster collection of the Art Academy of Latvia (AAL). In total, the collection comprises over 4,000 original poster designs printed between 1899 and 1989. As the collection is continuously expanding, the chronological scope is subject to change. The collection features posters covering a wide range of themes, including art exhibitions, theater and cinema, "Art Days" and the Song Festival, political propaganda and advertising, as well as sports, tourism, health promotion, and nature conservation. These posters were printed in Riga and other Latvian cities. The largest share of the collection dates from the Soviet era. It also includes posters printed in cities such as Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Warsaw, and Munich, among others. The poster artists include prominent Latvian figures such as Sigismunds Vidbergs (1890–1970), Vilis (Vilhelms) Krūmiņš (1891–1959), Uga Skulme (1895–1963), and Niklāvs Strunke (1894–1966), while the creators of posters from the 1950s and 1960s include Rihards Skrubis (1928–1995), Maksims Gleihs (1912–1987), Arturs Mucenieks (1912–1984), and many others. Masters of poster art from the 1970s and 1980s—such as Laimonis Šēnbergs (b. 1947), Gunārs Kirke (1936–1993), Jānis Reinbergs (b. 1937), and Juris Dimiters (b. 1947)—have honed the expressive power and visual language of the poster.
The collection’s creators have organized the posters into ten thematic categories and 28 subcategories. Each poster has been cataloged according to all currently known parameters, noting authorship, date, printing technique, dimensions, and other details.
The poster archive comprises two search tools: the classic Omeka S archive system "POSTERS" and the Artificial Intelligence laboratory "EXPLORE LABORATORY", which allows users to select, group, analyze, and compare posters based on various visual and content-related parameters. To access the researcher profile, please contact us at: arhivs@lma.lv
Protected by copyright. Poster images on the website are published for non-commercial purposes—for viewing, education, and research.