Jāzeps Pīgoznis (15 September 1934 – 28 May 2014) was a

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

n and Latgalian painter,

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and professor of drawing at the

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from 1972 until 1986. He was awarded the

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in 2011. Pīgoznis was born on 15 September 1934 in Ruzhina Parish, present-day

Rēzekne Municipality Rēzekne Municipality () is a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by Merger (politics), merging Audriņi parish, Bērzgale parish, Čornaja parish, Dricāni parish, Feimaņi parish, Gaigalava parish, Griškāni par ...

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. From 1953 to 1959, he studied in the

Latvian Academy of Arts The Art Academy of Latvia () is an institution of higher education and scientific research in art, located in Riga, Latvia. The neo-Gothic brick building is located on Krišjānis Valdemārs Street, next to the National Museum of Art. In aut ...

. Throughout his artistic career, Pīgoznis had more than 25 personal exhibitions in

and abroad. He died on 28 May 2014, at the age of 79.

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