Karlis Jansons ( Latvian. Kārlis Jansons ; April 23, 1896, Nitaur parish - June 16, 1986, Cesis ) - Latvian sculptor .
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| Latvian. Kārlis jansons | |
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| Date of Birth | April 23, 1896 |
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| Date of death | June 16, 1986 (90 years old) |
| Place of death | Cesis |
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| Genre | sculpture |
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| Patrons | Richard Maurs |
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Biography
From four years old he lived in Cesis. Educated at a real school in Cesis.
During the First World War he continued his studies at commercial schools in Kazan and Pskov . In 1917 he entered the Riga Polytechnic Institute , which at that time was located in Moscow to study architecture. At first he practiced painting , but in 1918 he focused on sculpture.
Until 1925 he studied at the Latvian Academy of Arts, a student of professor Konstantin Ronchevsky (Rončevska).
Since 1927 he participated in exhibitions held in Riga and in other cities, abroad, had personal exhibitions in Cesis.
Until 1972 he worked at the Academy of Arts, taught sculpture.
He was buried in the Forest Cemetery in Cesis.
The son is sculptor Andrejs Jansons (1937-2006).
Famous works
He created a monument to the liberators of Jelgava (1932), a monument to Rezekne Mara (1939) and a partisan regiment in Balvi (1938). In Soviet times, these works were destroyed and restored by the son of Jansons Andrejs after the restoration of independence of Latvia.
Monument to V. I. Lenin in Cesis [1] .
He also created many monuments, including the first president of Latvia, Janis Čakste, at the Forest Cemetery in Riga.
Literature
Karlis Jansonas. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, T. XIII (Leo-Magazyn). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2008.525 psl.