Reinis Zusters ( 1919 – 1999) was a Latvian-born Australian artist who specialized in painting large landscapes, including triptychs of the Blue Mountains. He was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1919 to Latvian parents and died in his studio in Wentworth Falls, Australia, in 1999. Zusters arrived in Australia in 1950 as a Latvian displaced person and began his career as an architectural draughtsman with the Department of Works and Housing in Canberra. He later moved to Sydney, where he became the Chief Designer with the Australian-American architectural firm Austin-Anderson.
His work was inspired by the Australian countryside, and it can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. He was very active in the '70s and in the following decades he exhibited regularly in Australia and overseas, holding one man shows at Artarmon Galleries, Darlinghurst Galleries and the South Yarra Gallery. Zusters won several awards and was honored with the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1994.
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