Jānis Liepiņš

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Jānis Liepiņš was born on August 9, 1894 in Riga, Latvia. 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.

He died on September 2, 1964 in Riga.

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