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Vilhelms Purvītis

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Birth Date:
03.03.1872
Death date:
14.01.1945
Burial date:
21.10.1994
Extra names:
Vilhelms Purvītis
Categories:
, Cross of Merit, Order of Latvian, Order of the Three Stars (Latvia), Painter, Pedagogue, teacher, Professor, Rector
Nationality:
 latvian
Cemetery:
Cimetière de la Forêt (Riga)

Vilhelms Purvītis (3 March 1872 in Zaube, Latvia – 14 January 1945 in Bad Nauheim, Germany) was a landscape painter and educator who founded the Latvian Academy of Art and was its rector from 1919 to 1934.

Purvītis studied painting at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 1890 to 1897, primarily under Arkhip Kuindzhi, graduating with the Grand Gold Medal. From 1898 to 1901 his paintings were exhibited in Berlin, Munich, Paris, and Lyon to great acclaim. Thereafter he made his home in Riga, traveling to Spitsbergen in Norway in 1902 to study the painting of snow.

Constantly experimenting and becoming a master of snow scenes, Purvītis began as a realist, turned to impressionism, and was later influenced by Cézanne and Munch. As the leader of the landscape painting workshop at the Latvian Academy of Art from 1921 to 1944, of visual arts in the architecture department at the University of Latvia from 1919 to 1940, and director of the Riga City Art School from 1909 to 1915, Purvītis had a host of followers and was the acknowledged leader of a whole school of Latvian painting.

Many of his works were destroyed when the Red Army took Jelgava in 1944, while many others were lost when evacuated to Bavaria. Purvītis' remains were reinterred in Riga in 1994, after Latvia regained its independence.

Master Class in Landscape Painting at the Latvian Art Academy, 1942. Seated in the middle is Professor Vilhelms Purvitis

 

  • File:Vilhelms Purvītis - Winter - Google Art Project.jpg

    Winter (1910)

     

  • File:Vilhelms Purvītis - Spring Waters (Maestoso) - Google Art Project.jpg

    Spring Waters (1910)

     

  • File:Purvitis Rudens saule.jpg

    Autumn Sun (1909)

Source: wikipedia.org

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Koka ēka Rīgā, Brīvības ielā 41Koka ēka Rīgā, Brīvības ielā 41lv
Latvian National Museum of ArtLatvian National Museum of Art14.09.1905en, lv, ru

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1
        Juris PurvītisFather13.03.184900.00.1927
        2
        Mariona Purvītis VitansDaughter27.02.192220.09.2022
        3Karolīna PurvīteKarolīna PurvīteWife18.09.187710.09.1955
        4
        Mariona VitansFoster daughter00.00.1922
        5
        Boris VitansSon in-law26.12.191127.01.1988
        6
        Oskars ŠtelmahersBrother in-law
        7Mintauts PurvītisMintauts PurvītisRelative26.11.194126.06.2008
        8Janis RozentālsJanis RozentālsFriend18.03.186608.01.1917
        9Johann  Walter-KurauJohann Walter-KurauFriend02.03.186919.12.1932
        10Pēteris FedersPēteris FedersCoworker20.07.186808.11.1936
        11Karls Vilhelms  fon ManteifelsKarls Vilhelms fon ManteifelsFamiliar08.07.187204.03.1948
        12Jānis ReekstsJānis ReekstsFamiliar21.05.188121.11.1970
        13George ArmitsteadGeorge ArmitsteadFamiliar27.10.184717.11.1912
        14Leonīds ĀriņšLeonīds ĀriņšFamiliar08.04.190706.10.1991
        15Haralds KundziņšHaralds KundziņšEmployee11.11.189811.06.1981
        16Makss Gustavs Rihards  ŠervinskisMakss Gustavs Rihards ŠervinskisTeacher31.10.185912.07.1909
        17
        Jānis PūpolsStudent02.01.188624.12.1956
        18Valdemārs ToneValdemārs ToneStudent28.03.189230.07.1958
        19Pāvils GlaudānsPāvils GlaudānsStudent10.12.191521.11.1968
        20
        Lūcija KuršinskaStudent15.04.189413.12.1976
        21Jēkabs ApinisJēkabs ApinisStudent21.02.189908.05.1945
        22Ārijs SkrideĀrijs SkrideStudent24.09.190622.11.1987
        23Gustavs KlucisGustavs KlucisStudent04.01.189526.02.1938
        24Marga LielkrasteMarga LielkrasteStudent04.03.191107.07.2003
        25Alfejs BromultsAlfejs BromultsStudent03.04.191311.01.1991
        26Voldemārs ToneVoldemārs ToneStudent03.03.189230.07.1958
        27Biruta BaumaneBiruta BaumaneStudent06.06.192221.01.2017
        28Margarita StārasteMargarita StārasteStudent02.02.191418.02.2014
        29Miervaldis ĶemersMiervaldis ĶemersStudent04.03.190221.06.1980
        30Romans SutaRomans SutaStudent28.04.189614.07.1944
        31Rudolf-Aleksandr DrevinRudolf-Aleksandr DrevinStudent15.07.188926.02.1938
        32Milda GrīnfeldeMilda GrīnfeldeStudent29.12.188121.12.1966
        33Oskars KalējsOskars KalējsStudent24.04.190216.01.1993
        34
        Jānis Vilhelms ZegnersStudent05.07.188409.12.1933
        35Kurts FridrihsonsKurts FridrihsonsStudent07.09.191131.01.1991
        36Gedertas EliasasGedertas EliasasStudent23.09.188729.01.1975
        37Edgars VārdaunisEdgars VārdaunisStudent21.09.191022.06.1999
        38Ādams AlksnisĀdams AlksnisStudymate10.03.186421.03.1897
        39Nikolai RerikhNikolai RerikhStudymate09.10.187413.12.1947
        40Frīdrihs Arnolds GrosvaldsFrīdrihs Arnolds GrosvaldsIdea mate13.12.185008.04.1924
        41Jānis  TilbergsJānis TilbergsIdea mate20.06.188007.11.1972

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