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Janis Rozentāls
Mother with child, paper/lithograph, 19x25.5 cm

$4,735.68
£3,540.87
€4,000
CA$6,632.15
A$7,291.30
CHF 3,768.98
MX$87,245.01
NOK 47,582.58
SEK 44,610
DKK 30,471.72

About the Item

Rozentāls was born in Bebri Farmstead, Saldus parish, Courland Governorate in the Russian Empire. He was the son of a blacksmith. He received the basic education at H. Krause's Elementary School in Saldus and Kuldīga District School. At the age of fifteen he left for Riga, aiming to achieve his dream of becoming an artist, later attending Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts. During his free time the artist would visit his hometown to get away from the bustle of a large city, as well as to paint scenes of the surrounding nature and take on commissions of portraits. For his diploma works he mostly painted portraits using young Latvian students or local farmers as his subjects. At some point the artist made the decision to settle in Saldus, wishing to live closer to his intended art subjects as well as draw inspiration from the local nature scenes. In the spring of 1899 Rozentāls acquired a plot of land on Striķu St. and built an art studio. However, his artistic aspirations were not well received in the provincial town, and he instead decided to move to the capital, Riga two years later. A memorial museum in Rozentāls' honor has been set up in the old studio built by the artist. In November of 1902, Janis Rozentāls got acquainted with Elli Forssell (1871–1943), a Finnish singer, in Riga. On February 20, 1903, the pair got married. They settled in a studio-flat, on Albert street in the capital. They later went on to have three children – Laila, Irja and Miķelis. The start of World War I interrupted the family's peaceful life while on a stay in their villa located in Kulosaari, Helsinki during the years of 1905 to 1916. After travelling back from an exhibition that took place in Moscow, the artist became ill and passed away on December 26, 1916 in his Helsinki villa. He was buried in Hietaniemi Cemetery, though in the year 1920 his body was exhumed and reburied in Forest Cemetery in Riga. In the year of 1946 the Janis Rozentāls Art Highschool in Riga was named in the artist's honor.
  • Creator:
    Janis Rozentāls (1866 - 1916, Latvian)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.49 in (19 cm)Width: 10.24 in (26 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    Riga, LV
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1437217036852

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