1907 - 1996
Jānis Kalmīte Latvian Artist
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| First Name |
Jānis
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| Last Name |
Kalmīte
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1906
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| Birthplace |
Kauguri parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (Now Beverīna Municipality, Latvia)
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| Died |
1996
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| Place of Death |
Minnesota, United States
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| Nationality |
Latvian
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| Occupation |
Artist
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Jānis Kalmīte (2 March 1907, Kauguri parish - 3 July 1996, USA) was a Latvian expressionist painter and among the best-known artists in the Latvian post-World War II diaspora community. His name is associated with the development of a singular theme – the rija. Rijas, or threshing barns, were historically among the oldest structures on the traditional Latvian homestead. Throughout his half-century of exile from Latvia, Kalmīte transformed the rija into an artistic symbol for the persistence of Latvian ethnic culture in the face of invasion and occupation by foreign powers.
