Peteris Balodis ( Latvian: Pēteris Balodis ; August 19, 1867 - November 1919 ) - Latvian artist.
| Peteris Balodis | |
|---|---|
| Pēteris balodis | |
| Date of Birth | August 19, 1867 |
| Date of death | November 1919 |
| Citizenship |  Russia |
Biography
Peteris Balodis was born on August 19, 1867 in the village of Burtnieki of the Wolmar county of the Livonia province of the Russian Empire (now the Burtnieki region of Latvia ).
In 1888 he entered as a volunteer at the Imperial Academy of Arts , graduated with the title of class artist of the third degree (1894). Improved in the studio of the artist V. Makovsky (1894-1896).
In his student years he worked with the artist J. Rosenthal . He was a member of the St. Petersburg Latvian art circle " Rukis ". He worked as a drawing teacher at the Arkhangelsk Gymnasium (1896-1916). In his work he was close to the ideological views of the Wanderers .
He died in November 1919 in Arkhangelsk (in the Latvian encyclopedic publications there is no information about the exact date of the artist’s death) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Pēteris Balodis // Latvijas Enciklopēdija. - Riga: SIA "Valērija Belokoņa izdevniecība", 2007. - ISBN 9984-9482-0-X .
Literature
- Māksla un arhitektūra biogrāfijās. Atb. red. A. Vanaga - Rīga, 2000 - 1. sēj.