About Jānis Backāns
Lived 1925 – 2004 (aged 78–79). Jānis Backāns was a Latvian ceramicist.
Jānis Backāns (23 June 1925 – 2004) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist.
Biography 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. 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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Who was Jānis Backāns?
Latgalian ceramicist
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Jānis Backāns was born on 23 June 1925 in Silajāņi Parish.
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Jānis Backāns died in 2004 in Latvia.
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Jānis Backāns was a ceramicist.
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Jānis Backāns was Latvian.
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