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Kārlis Zāle (28 October 1888 – 19 February 1942) was a Latvian
sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...
. Zāle was born in
Mažeikiai Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: ''Mažeikē''; lv, Mažeiķi) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 43,547, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania. The city is the administrative center of M ...
, but grew up in
Liepāja Liepāja (; liv, Līepõ; see other names) is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest-city in the Kurzeme Region and the third-largest city in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an important ice ...
. After training in
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at the
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under
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and in
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, he returned to
Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the B ...
in 1923, where he both worked in sculpture and taught it. He is best known for his monumental sculptures, including the massive main gates at Brothers' Cemetery and the Freedom Monument in Riga. He died in
Inčukalns Inčukalns is a village in Sigulda Municipality, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţ ...
,
Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
.


Gallery

File:Brīvības piemineklis-Latvija.png, Freedom Monument, Riga File:Sudrabkalniņš 003.jpg, Detail, Monument to the Soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment, Sudrabkalniņš (Silver Hill), Riga File:Brothers Cemetery Riga 04.jpg, Main gate, Brothers' Cemetery (Riga) File:Freedom Monument close-up.jpg, ''Liberty'' atop the Freedom Monument


References

;Footnotes ;Sources *Apsitis, V., 1982 (3ed edn, 1993). ''Latvian Art in 1915–1940'' (comp. I. Burane). Stockholm: Latvian State Academy of Arts.


External links


Classic.Culture.lv: Short Biography

"Brīvības Piemineklis" (Freedom Monument), published by the Freedom Monument Committee, 1935
(in Latvian, partially translated) 1888 births 1942 deaths People from Mažeikiai People from Telshevsky Uyezd Latvian sculptors 20th-century Latvian artists 20th-century sculptors {{Latvia-sculptor-stub