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Niklāvs Strunke

Latvian artist and illustrator (1894-1966) · Latvia · On the map · Artists · Died at 72

Niklāvs Strunke (1894-1966) was a Latvian painter and graphic artist. One of the most original artists of the Latvian modernist generation, he also worked in stained glass and scenography. He wrote about art..

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Awards

Raiņa un Aspazijas fonda balva1954
Officer of the Order of the Three Stars1933

About this person

Born 6 October 1894 in Gostynin, Russian Empire, to the family of a non-commissioned officer in the army of the Russian Empire. In 1903 he moved to Valmiera to live with his father's sister, and in 1909 he graduated from Liepiņš Progymnasium there. He moved to St. Petersburg with his father, and studied 1909-11 at the school of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts under Nikolai Roerich and Ivan Bilibin.

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Country
Latvia
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1966 · aged 72