Teodors Ūders (3 May 1868,

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– 20 August 1915, Valmiera) was a Latvian artist.

Biography

Teodors Ūders had a colourful career; ignoring the wishes of his parents that he become a farmer, he left to become a cook on a ship in 1884 and would spend the next six years at sea. Returning to

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, he then spent three years as a reservist in a

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, after which he committed himself to personal studies of philosophy until 1897. He then spent two years at the present-day

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, studying art. For several years he then traveled throughout the

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with his wife, earning a living painting portraits and landscapes. In 1905 he returned to his hometown Valmiera in present-day Latvia and took up position as an art teacher and would stay there until his death in 1915. Disregarded by the local bourgeoisie, his art wasn't widely recognised until after his death, as noted with regret by art critic Boris Vipper.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uders, Teodors 1868 births 1915 deaths 19th-century Latvian painters Latvian male painters 20th-century Latvian painters People from Valmiera Artists from the Russian Empire