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, 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.

References

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 52700465 ISNI: 0000 0000 1428 2548 GND: 127061401

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.