Jānis Liepiņš

Who was Jānis Liepiņš?

Jānis Liepiņš was a Latvian painter from Riga. He studied at J Madernieks Studio in Riga between 1909-1910, at the Kazan Art School 1911-1913, and at 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. During the 1920s Liepiņš 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 drawing attention to the social aspects.