Augusts Zagorskis (1900 – 1963) was a
Latvia
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Latgalian ceramicist.
Biography
Augusts Zagorskis was born at
Eisāgi
Eisāgi is a village in Rušona Parish, Preiļi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. It is a home of the famous Latgalian ceramicists, such as Augusts Zagorskis. It is located 213 kilometers from the capital city of Latvia, Riga. It ha ...
village in the modern-day
Rušona Parish
Rušona Parish ( lv, Rušonas pagasts, ltg, Rušyuna pogosts) is an administrative unit of Preiļi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latv ...
,
Russian Empire in 1900.
His brother
Julians Julians may refer to:
* Julian gens, members of the Roman patrician family
* Julians Zagorskis (1903–1978), Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist
* Julians Vaivods (1895–1990), Latvian cardinal
* Len Julians (1933–1993), English footballer
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was also a well-known
Latgalian ceramicist. His son Vaclavs continued the family tradition.
Zagorskis, alongside
Andrejs Paulāns
Andrejs Paulāns-Kraskevičs ( Latgalian: Andrivs Povulāns-Kraskevičs, 30 November 1896 – 29 November 1973) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist. He is regarded as one of the greatest Latgalian ceramicists. In 1937, Paulāns was awarded ...
,
Polikarps Vilcāns
Polikarps Vilcāns (26 January 1894 – 8 May 1969) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist. One of the most renowned Latgalian ceramicists. In 1937, Vilcāns was awarded with a Gold Medal at the Paris Exhibition.
Biography
Polikarps Vilcāns ...
and others, was one of the
Latgalian ceramicists that was represented in 1957
Silajāņi ceramics exhibition in
Rīga, organized by
Jānis Pujāts.
In later years, his works were selected for the
exhibitions in
Latvian SSR
The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR), also known as Soviet Latvia or simply Latvia, was a federated republic within the Soviet Union, and formally one of its 16 (later 15) constituent republics. The Latvian Soviet Socialist Rep ...
and abroad, in
Moscow,
Soviet Union and
Poland.
Zagorskis died in 1963. He is buried in the
Eisāgi cemetery
Eisāgi is a village in Rušona Parish, Preiļi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. It is a home of the famous Latgalian ceramicists, such as Augusts Zagorskis. It is located 213 kilometers from the capital city of Latvia, Riga. It ha ...
.
His works are in the collections of
Rainis Museum in
Jasmuiža Manor
Jasmuiža Manor is a manor in Aizkalne Parish, Preiļi Municipality in the historical region of Latgale, in Latvia, currently a writer's home museum dedicated to Rainis.
History
Construction of the wooden manor house near Aizkalne began in 1 ...
and
Latgale Culture and History Museum
The Latgale Culture and History Museum ( Latvian: Latgales Kultūrvēstures Muzejs) in Rēzekne, Latvia, is a history museum with a large collection of items, including Latgalian ceramics. It receives about 31,000 visitors per year.
History
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.
References
External links
Works by Zagorskis@ Latgale Culture History Museum
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1900 births
1963 deaths
Latgalian ceramists
20th-century Latvian ceramists
Soviet ceramists