Jānis Backāns
Jānis Backāns (23 June 1925 – 2004) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist.
Jānis Backāns
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- Name
- Jānis Backāns
- Born
- 23 June 1925
- Birthplace
- Feimaņi Parish, Latvia
- Died
- 2004
- Place of death
- Latvia
- Known for
- Ceramics
- Movement
- Latgalian ceramics
- Occupation
- ceramicist
- Languages
- Latvian
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• Name — Jānis Backāns • Birth Name — Jānis Backāns • Born — 23 June 1925 • Birthplace — Feimaņi Parish, Latvia • Died — 2004 • Place of death — Latvia • Known for — Ceramics • Movement — Latgalian ceramics
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Jānis Backāns was born at Ezergailīši village in Feimaņi Parish, 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. In 1942, Backāns became a ceramicist. From 1942 to 1962, he worked in Krustpils production plant. Since 1957, his works were exhibited in exhibitions. His works were selected for several exhibitions in Latgale and outside the Latvian SSR, in France, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.
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1925
Jānis Backāns born at Silajāņi Parish.
2004
Jānis Backāns died.
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