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Latvian artist
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Riga
Place of death
Riga
Age
70 years
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Biography
Jānis Liepiņš (August 9, 1894 – September 2, 1964) was a Latvian painter from Riga. He studied at J Madernieks Studio in Riga between 1909-1910, at the Kazan Art School 1911-1913, and at M Bernstein's Studio in St Petersburg 1913-1917. He was a member of the Riga Artists' Group and Professor of painting at the Art Academy of Latvia 1940-1950. During the 1920s Liepiņš was active in the left-wing press.
Liepiņš is credited with having introduced a fisherman's theme in Latvian genre painting, he also created still lifes of various subjects (tavern scenes, gamblers, peasants' life) drawing attention to the social aspects.
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