Jānis Backāns (23 June 1925 – 2004) was a

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n and Latgalian ceramicist.

Biography

Jānis Backāns was born at Ezergailīši village in Feimaņi Parish,

in 1925. His grandfather Jāzeps taught him the ceramicist craft in his early days and later he was a pupil in the workshop of the famous Latgalian ceramicist Andrejs Paulāns. In 1942, Backāns became a ceramicist. From 1942 to 1962, he worked in Krustpils production plant. Since 1957, his works were exhibited in

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s. His works were selected for several exhibitions in

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and outside the

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, in France, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.

References

External links

Works by Backāns
@ Latgale Culture History Museum 1925 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Latgalian ceramists 20th-century Latvian ceramists 20th-century Latvian male artists 21st-century Latvian male artists {{Europe-artist-stub