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Jānis Reeksts

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Birth Date:
21.05.1881
Death date:
21.11.1970
Burial date:
28.11.1970
Person's maiden name:
Rieksts
Extra names:
Jānis Rieksts, Jānis Rieksts or Reeksts, Янис Риекстс
Categories:
Photographer, Private
Nationality:
 latvian
Cemetery:
Cimetière de la Forêt (Riga)

Jānis Rieksts (or Reeksts; 21 May 1881 – 21 November 1970) was a Latvian autodidact photographer.

Rieksts was born at Iecava parish in the Zemgalian countryside. He lost both of his parents at an early age and moved to Riga at the age of 17. For some years he worked as a manual labourer, and 1901 he opened his first studio in Torņakalnswith his own capital.

Rieksts was a renown photographer, mostly for the documentation of the fights during World War I in Latvia, especially the fierce fights of Machinegun Hill (Latvian: Ložmetējkalns) during the Christmas Battles, but also for the many portrait photographs of Latvian dignitairies (amongst them people like Rainis, Aspazija and Emīls Dārziņš).

After the end of World War II, Rieksts worked for the company Rīgas foto until his retirement in 1964.

Rieksts died in Riga at the age of 89, and was buried at the Riga Forest Cemetery.

Source: Rīgas dome

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1
        Natālija RiekstaWife00.00.188523.04.1967
        2Aleksandrs JaunbērzsAleksandrs JaunbērzsFriend10.08.188230.06.1969
        3Olga EzerlaukaOlga EzerlaukaFamiliar11.03.1858
        4Jūlija SkaidrīteJūlija SkaidrīteFamiliar07.01.187126.01.1942
        5Anna Rūmane ĶeniņaAnna Rūmane ĶeniņaFamiliar13.11.187706.11.1950
        6Augusts SaulietisAugusts SaulietisFamiliar22.12.186927.01.1933
        7Andrejs PumpursAndrejs PumpursFamiliar22.09.184106.07.1902
        8AspazijaAspazijaFamiliar16.03.186505.11.1943
        9Rūdolfs BlaumanisRūdolfs BlaumanisFamiliar01.01.186304.09.1908
        10Kārlis SkalbeKārlis SkalbeFamiliar07.11.187915.04.1945
        11Eduards SmilgisEduards SmilgisFamiliar23.11.188619.04.1966
        12Jānis PoruksJānis PoruksFamiliar13.10.187125.06.1911
        13Augusts DombrovskisAugusts DombrovskisFamiliar16.07.184513.11.1927
        14Teodors ZeifertsTeodors ZeifertsFamiliar22.03.186509.12.1929
        15Dace AkmentiņaDace AkmentiņaFamiliar03.07.185816.03.1936
        16Christian WaldemarChristian WaldemarFamiliar02.12.182507.12.1891
        17Ēvalds ValtersĒvalds ValtersFamiliar02.04.189426.09.1994
        18Janis RozentālsJanis RozentālsFamiliar18.03.186608.01.1917
        19Jānis JaunsudrabiņšJānis JaunsudrabiņšFamiliar25.08.187728.08.1962
        20Elli  ForssellElli ForssellFamiliar26.10.187125.06.1943
        21Kārlis KrūzaKārlis KrūzaFamiliar18.04.188428.07.1960
        22Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms UlmanisKārlis Augusts Vilhelms UlmanisFamiliar23.08.187720.09.1942
        23Vilhelms PurvītisVilhelms PurvītisFamiliar03.03.187214.01.1945
        24Jānis AkuratersJānis AkuratersFamiliar13.01.187625.07.1937
        25Doku AtisDoku AtisFamiliar16.01.186114.11.1903
        26Jānis AkuratersJānis AkuratersFamiliar07.02.192300.00.1945
        27Jūlijs  MadernieksJūlijs MadernieksFamiliar27.02.187019.07.1955
        28Ādolfs AlunānsĀdolfs AlunānsFamiliar11.10.184805.07.1912
        29Dāvids FreimanisDāvids FreimanisFamiliar04.08.187603.03.1967
        30Jānis BrigadersJānis BrigadersFamiliar13.09.185627.02.1936
        31Augusts Apsītis ApseAugusts Apsītis ApseFamiliar21.12.189503.01.1947
        32Kārlis  BrīvnieksKārlis BrīvnieksFamiliar16.08.185401.08.1934
        33Mirdza ŠmitheneMirdza ŠmitheneFamiliar10.02.188701.04.1978
        34Augusts  DeglavsAugusts DeglavsFamiliar09.08.186203.04.1922
        35Jāzeps VītolsJāzeps VītolsFamiliar26.07.186324.04.1948
        36Frīdrihs Arnolds GrosvaldsFrīdrihs Arnolds GrosvaldsFamiliar13.12.185008.04.1924
        37Alfrēds  KalniņšAlfrēds KalniņšFamiliar23.08.187923.12.1951
        38Kārlis TenisonsKārlis TenisonsFamiliar08.08.187309.05.1962
        39RainisRainisFamiliar11.09.186512.09.1929
        40Ansis CīrulisAnsis CīrulisIdea mate25.02.188315.09.1942

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