Jānis Liepiņš

Jānis Liepiņš

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, in Kazan 1911-1913 and 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. In the 1920s he was active in the left-wing press.

Liepiņš is credited with having introduces 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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