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 Feimaņi; (, ) is a village in Latgale, in Rēzekne Municipality. Feimaņi is the administrative centre of Feimaņi Parish. It is located 33 kilometers from the municipality centre Rēzekne and 229 kilometers away from the capital city of Latvia ...

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 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 ...

. 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

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and

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References

External links

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