Janis Rozentāls
Janis Rozentāls (born March 18, 1866 in the municipality of Saldus , Kurland Governorate , † January 8, 1917 in Helsinki , Finland ) was a Latvian painter.
Life
Janis Rozentāl's father was a blacksmith. At the age of 14, the young Rozentāl's schooling in Saldus and Kuldīga ended due to lack of funds. After various jobs in Riga , he got an apprenticeship with the painter Jūliuss Celēvičs. Then Rozentāls studied from 1885 to 1888 at the Riga German craft school. At an exhibition at the school in St. Petersburg , he won a silver medal in 1888.
Until 1894 Rozentāls then attended the St. Petersburg Academy of Art . For his diploma thesis he chose a national topic: the local church in Saldus. He lived in St. Petersburg for a few more years and traveled from there to Germany, France and Austria.
In 1900 Rozentāls returned to Latvia. Here he met the Finnish singer Elli Forsell , whom he married in Helsinki in 1903 . In the years before 1914 Rozentāls taught at various art schools and was the artistic editor of the magazines "Vērotājs" and "Druva". When the Riga front line approached during World War I , Rozentāls and his family moved to Helsinki. Here he fell seriously ill in 1916 and died on December 26th. In 1920 his body was reburied in the Riga Brothers Cemetery (Riga) . In the former studio of Rozentāl at Alberta ielā 12 there is now a Rozentāl and Blaumanis Museum.
plant
Rozentāls was one of the first painters at the end of the 19th century who precisely and directly thematized the life of the people. The portrayal of the rural population corresponded to the literary works of the writer friend Rūdolfs Blaumanis . Portraits make up an important part of Rozentāls' work . But he also worked on domestic, symbolic, mythological, folkloric and other topics. His individual style is characteristic of the departure from academic schools during this period. Influences from impressionism , symbolism , art nouveau and post-impressionism can be seen.
Paintings (selection)
Self-Portrait (1900)
Italian landscape
After the mass (1894)
In the painter's studio (1896)
Portrait of Charlotte von Lieven (1899)
Man with a Russian Cigarette (1901)
Portrait of Mērija Grosvalds (1902)
The black snake (1903)
Portrait of the writer Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1908)
Daughters of the Sun (1912)
Picnic (1913)
Portrait of M.Vīgnere-Grīnberga (1916)
literature
- Miķelis Ivanovs: Jānis Rozentāls. In: Jānis Rozentāls (monograph). Liesma, Riga 1966, pp. 142–156 (German by J. Bernšteins).
- Merja Mela: Janis yes Elli Rozentals - elämää yes taidetta. Rozentals-seura, [Helsinki] 2006, ISBN 951-98671-2-0 (Finnish).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rozentālu ģimene. Elita Sproģe. J.Rozentāla Saldus mākslas un vēstures muzejs. 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rozentāls, Janis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bebri farm near Saldus |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1916 |
| Place of death | Helsinki |