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Jānis Tilbergs
Jānis Tilbergs
Born	2 July [O.S. 20 June] 1880; Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died	7 November 1972 (aged 92); Riga, Latvian SSR
Nationality	Latvian
Known for	Painting, Sculpture
Movement	Realism

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Jānis Tilbergs, also known as Tillbergs or Tilberg (Latvian: Jānis Roberts Tilbergs, Russian: Янис Тилберг, Yanis Tilberg); (2 July [O.S. 20 June] 1880 – 7 November 1972) was a Latvian artist, painter, sculptor, and medallist. He is most renowned as a highly accomplished portraitist.

Career

From 1901 to 1909 Tilbergs studied under Dmitry Kardovsky at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, then the capital of the Russian Empire.

Tilbergs graduated from the Riga School of Art, studying under Dimitriyev Kaukazska, and then went on to complete his master's degree at the St. Petersburg Art Academy in 1909, studying there under D. Kardovska and submitting Pietà as his masterwork.^[1]

His artwork appeared in publication already in 1904 in the journal Austrums where he illustrated A. Niedra's story Bads un Mīlestība (Hunger and Love), and he went on to illustrate a number of other books. He was the graphic designer for the satirical journal Svāri,^[1]^[2] published in St. Petersburg and Riga;^[1] as well, he illustrated for the Russian journals Serij Volk and Novaja Rusj.

Tilbergs helped organize and exhibited at the first Latvian art exhibition of 1910.^[1] Over his career, he exhibited at various international venues (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, England, et al.) as an ambassador of Latvian art and in one man shows in Riga (1934, 1960) and Tallinn (1961).

Following the 1917 Russian Revolution Tilbergs took part in Lenin's monumental propaganda program that called for the creation of the "Revolutionary monumental art", construction of the monuments to the revolutionaries and the "progressive artists of all times and nations".^[3] Tilbergs' plaster monument to Taras Shevchenko (pictured), the greatest Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist, was dedicated on 1 December 1918. This first ever Shevchenko monument was not later replaced by the bronze version, as was originally planned, and was dismantled in eight years as the plaster deteriorated in open air.

In 1918, Tilbergs briefly served as the director of the sculpture studio at the People's Art School in Vitebsk.^[4] Tilbergs became a professor in the Latvian Academy of Arts in Riga where he taught a Figural Painting Master class in 1921–1932. He authored several designs of the coins minted in the interwar Latvia. The Latvian lats coins struck in 1924–1926 carried the palm branch design by Tilbergs, a motive popular in Europe at the time.^[5] In academia Tilbergs was considered a master of the salon portrait and his portraits of Rainis (Janis Plieksans), a great Latvian writer, and Eduards Smiļģis, a famous Latvian theatrical producer, are exhibited in the Latvian National Museum of Art. In Academy Tilbergs insisted on his students staying strictly within the academic canons of realism and was even considered despotic while his school was criticized for being too academic and lacking improvisation.^[6] In 1932 Tilbergs' class in Academia was taken over by Gederts Eliass.

In 1936 he painted a new altar for the historic Sigulda church.^[7]

Tilbergs return to the Academia in the post-World War II Soviet Latvia and remained a professor there from 1947 to 1957.

Recognition

Tilbergs was widely renowned in Soviet Latvia, where he was accorded the title of the People's Artist of the Latvian SSR and decorated with the Soviet Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

In modern Latvia he is recognised as one of the greatest national masters of the century. In 2005 the Latvian Post issued an item of postal stationery dedicated to Tilbergs' 125th birthday.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Samsons, V. et al. Latvijas PSR Mazā Enciklopēdija (Concise Latvian S.S.R. Encyclopedia) 3rd ed. Vol. 3. Riga, Latvia: Zinatne. 1970.
^ Latvijas Avīze website
^ Монументальная пропаганда, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
^ Chagall, Marc; Lisickij, Lazarʹ M.; Malevič, Kazimir; Lampe, Angela; Centre Pompidou; Jewish Museum, eds. (2018). Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: the Russian avant-garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922. Munich London New York: Prestel. p. 39. ISBN 978-3-7913-5807-9.
^ Latvian Money Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, at the Bank of Latvia web-site Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Ruta Lapina, The Exhibition "Teachers of painting at the Latvian Academy of Art 1920–1940
^ "The Churches in Sigulda". Archived from the original on 3 October 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2007., Sigulda regional web-portal.
^ 125th Anniversary of painter and graphic artist Jānis Roberts Tilbergs, 2005

Sources

Тилберг Янис in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)

[LPSEME-1] Samsons, V. et al. Latvijas PSR Mazā Enciklopēdija (Concise Latvian S.S.R. Encyclopedia) 3rd ed. Vol. 3. Riga, Latvia: Zinatne. 1970.

[LAVIZE-2] Latvijas Avīze website

[MonProp-3] Монументальная пропаганда, Great Soviet Encyclopedia

[4] Chagall, Marc; Lisickij, Lazarʹ M.; Malevič, Kazimir; Lampe, Angela; Centre Pompidou; Jewish Museum, eds. (2018). Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: the Russian avant-garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922. Munich London New York: Prestel. p. 39. ISBN 978-3-7913-5807-9.

[Lats-5] Latvian Money Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, at the Bank of Latvia web-site Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine.

[Lapina-6] Ruta Lapina, The Exhibition "Teachers of painting at the Latvian Academy of Art 1920–1940

[sigulda-7] "The Churches in Sigulda". Archived from the original on 3 October 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2007., Sigulda regional web-portal.

[Lpost-8] 125th Anniversary of painter and graphic artist Jānis Roberts Tilbergs, 2005

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+| birth_date  = {{OldStyleDate|2 July|1880|20 June}}
-| birth_place = [[Rīga]], [[Russian Empire]], [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|border|22px]]. Now {{LAT}}
+| birth_place = [[Riga]], [[Governorate of Livonia]], [[Russian Empire]]
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-'''Jānis Tilbergs''', also known as '''Tillbergs''' or '''Tilberg''' ({{lang-lv|Jānis Roberts Tilbergs}}, {{lang-ru|Янис Тилберг, ''Yanis Tilberg''}}), (b. {{OldStyleDate|July 2|1880|June 20}}, [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire]] &ndash; d. November 7, 1972, Riga, [[Latvian SSR]]) was a [[Latvia]]n and [[Soviet]] [[artist]],  a [[Painting|painter]] and a [[Sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]. He is most renowned as a highly accomplished [[portraitist]] .
+'''Jānis Tilbergs''', also known as '''Tillbergs''' or '''Tilberg''' ({{langx|lv|Jānis Roberts Tilbergs}}, {{langx|ru|Янис Тилберг}}, {{lang|ru-latn|Yanis Tilberg}}); ({{OldStyleDate|2 July|1880|20 June}} – 7 November 1972) was a [[Latvia]]n artist, [[Painting|painter]], [[Sculptor (artist)|sculptor]], and [[medallist]]. He is most renowned as a highly accomplished [[portraitist]].
-==Career==
+== Career ==
-From 1901 to 1909 Tilbergs studied under [[Dmitry Kardovsky]] in the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], then the capital of the [[Russian Empire]].
+From 1901 to 1909 Tilbergs studied under [[Dmitry Kardovsky]] at the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], then the capital of the [[Russian Empire]].
-Tilbergs graduated the [[Riga School of Art]] studying with Dimitriyev Kaukazska, then went on to complete his Masters degree at the St. Petersburg Art Academy in 1909, studying there with D. Kardovska, submitting as his masterwork "Pietà". <ref name="LPSEME">Samsons, V. et al. ''Latvijas PSR Mazā Enciklopēdija (Concise Latvian S.S.R. Encyclopedia) 3rd ed. Vol. III''. Riga, Latvia: Zinatne. 1970.</ref>
+Tilbergs graduated from the [[Riga School of Art]], studying under Dimitriyev Kaukazska, and then went on to complete his master's degree at the St. Petersburg Art Academy in 1909, studying there under D. Kardovska and submitting ''Pietà'' as his masterwork.<ref name="LPSEME">Samsons, V. et al. ''Latvijas PSR Mazā Enciklopēdija (Concise Latvian S.S.R. Encyclopedia) 3rd ed. Vol. 3''. Riga, Latvia: Zinatne. 1970.</ref>
-His artwork appeared in publication already in 1904 in the journal ''Austrums'' where he illustrated A. Niedra's story ''Bads un Mīlestība'' (Hunger and Love), and he went on to illustrate a number of other books. He was the graphic designer for the satircal journal ''Svari''<ref name="LAVIZE">[http://www.la.lv/?id=205 ''Latvijas Avīze'' website]</ref><ref name="LPSEME" />, published in St. Petersburg and Riga  <ref name="LPSEME" />; as well, he illustrated for the Russian journals ''Serij Volk'' and ''Novaja Rusj''.
+His artwork appeared in publication already in 1904 in the journal ''Austrums'' where he illustrated A. Niedra's story ''Bads un Mīlestība'' (Hunger and Love), and he went on to illustrate a number of other books. He was the graphic designer for the satirical journal ''[[Svāri]]'',<ref name="LPSEME" /><ref name="LAVIZE">[http://www.la.lv/?id=205 ''Latvijas Avīze'' website]</ref> published in St. Petersburg and Riga;<ref name="LPSEME" /> as well, he illustrated for the Russian journals ''Serij Volk'' and ''Novaja Rusj''.
-Tilbergs helped organize and exhibited at the first Latvian art exhibition of 1910 <ref name="LPSEME" />. Over his career, he exhibited at various international venues (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, England, et al.) as an ambassador of Latvian art and in one man shows in Riga (1934, 1960) and Tallinn (1961).
+Tilbergs helped organize and exhibited at the first Latvian art exhibition of 1910.<ref name="LPSEME" /> Over his career, he exhibited at various international venues ([[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[France]], [[England]], et al.) as an ambassador of Latvian art and in one man shows in Riga (1934, 1960) and [[Tallinn]] (1961).
-[[Image:Taras Shevchenko spb old monument 1918-1926.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The 1918 monument by Tilbergs to [[Taras Shevchenko]] in [[Petrograd]] (Saint Petersburg) was the first monument dedicated to the great Ukrainian poet.]]
+[[File:Taras Shevchenko spb old monument 1918-1926.jpg|thumb|The 1918 monument by Tilbergs to [[Taras Shevchenko]] in [[Petrograd]] (Saint Petersburg) was the first monument dedicated to the great Ukrainian poet]]
-Following the [[1917 Russian Revolution]] Tilbergs took part in [[Lenin's monumental propaganda program]] that called for the creation of the "Revolutionary monumental art", construction of the monuments to the revolutionaries and the "progressive artists of all times and nations".<ref name=MonProp>{{ru icon}} [http://slovari.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=bse/00049/44500.htm&encpage=bse&mrkp=http%3A//hghltd.yandex.com/yandbtm%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A//encycl.yandex.ru/texts/bse/00049/44500.htm%26text%3D%25EC%25EE%25ED%25F3%25EC%25E5%25ED%25F2%25E0%25EB%25FC%25ED%25E0%25FF%2B%25EF%25F0%25EE%25EF%25E0%25E3%25E0%25ED%25E4%25E0%2B%26reqtext%3D%2528%25EC%25EE%25ED%25F3%25EC%25E5%25ED%25F2%25E0%25EB%25FC%25ED%25E0%25FF%253A%253A740261%2B%2526%2B%25EF%25F0%25EE%25EF%25E0%25E3%25E0%25ED%25E4%25E0%253A%253A90909%2529//6%26%26isu%3D2 Монументальная пропаганда], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]].</ref> Tilbergs'
+Following the [[1917 Russian Revolution]] Tilbergs took part in [[Lenin's monumental propaganda program]] that called for the creation of the "Revolutionary monumental art", construction of the monuments to the revolutionaries and the "progressive artists of all times and nations".<ref name=MonProp>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article078022.html Монументальная пропаганда], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref> Tilbergs' plaster monument to [[Taras Shevchenko]] (pictured), the greatest [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] poet, artist and humanist, was dedicated on 1 December 1918. This first ever Shevchenko monument was not later replaced by the bronze version, as was originally planned, and was dismantled in eight years as the plaster deteriorated in open air.
-[[plaster]] monument to [[Taras Shevchenko]] (pictured), the greatest [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] poet, artist and humanist, was dedicated on December 1, 1918. This first ever Shevchenko monument was not later replaced by the bronze version, as was originally planned, and was dismantled in eight years as the plaster deteriorated in open air.
-Tilbergs became a professor in the [[Latvian Academy of Arts]] in [[Riga]] where he taught a Figural Painting Master class in 1921-1932. He authored several designs of the coins minted in the interwar Latvia. The [[Latvian lat]]s coins struck in 1924-1926 carried the [[palm branch]] design by Tilbergs, a motive popular in Europe at the time.<ref name=Lats>[http://www.bank.lv/images/img_lb/naudas/english/about/index.html Latvian Money], at the [[Bank of Latvia]] [http://www.bank.lv/eng/main/all/ web-site].</ref> In academia Tilbergs was considered a master of the salon portrait and his portraits of [[Rainis]] (Janis Plieksans), a great Latvian writer, and [[Eduards Smilgis]], a famous Latvian theatrical producer, are exhibited in the [[Latvian National Museum of Art]]. In Academy Tilbergs insisted on his students staying strictly within the academic canons of realism and was even considered despotic while his school was criticized for being too academic and lacking improvisation.<ref name=Lapina>Ruta Lapina, [http://ldmuziejus.mch.mii.lt/naujausiosparodos/latvijos_pedagogai.en.htm The Exhibition "Teachers of painting at the Latvian Academy of Art 1920-1940]</ref>
+In 1918, Tilbergs briefly served as the director of the sculpture studio at the People's Art School in Vitebsk.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: the Russian avant-garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922 |date=2018 |publisher=Prestel |isbn=978-3-7913-5807-9 |editor-last=Chagall |editor-first=Marc |location=Munich London New York |pages=39 |editor-last2=Lisickij |editor-first2=Lazarʹ M. |editor-last3=Malevič |editor-first3=Kazimir |editor-last4=Lampe |editor-first4=Angela |editor-last5=Centre Pompidou |editor-last6=Jewish Museum}}</ref> Tilbergs became a professor in the [[Latvian Academy of Arts]] in [[Riga]] where he taught a Figural Painting Master class in 1921–1932. He authored several designs of the coins minted in the interwar Latvia. The [[Latvian lat]]s coins struck in 1924–1926 carried the [[palm branch]] design by Tilbergs, a motive popular in Europe at the time.<ref name=Lats>[http://www.bank.lv/images/img_lb/naudas/english/about/index.html Latvian Money] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224405/http://www.bank.lv/images/img_lb/naudas/english/about/index.html |date=2007-09-26 }}, at the [[Bank of Latvia]] [http://www.bank.lv/eng/main/all/ web-site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212065216/http://www.bank.lv/eng/main/all/ |date=2007-02-12 }}.</ref> In academia Tilbergs was considered a master of the salon portrait and his portraits of [[Rainis]] (Janis Plieksans), a great Latvian writer, and [[Eduards Smiļģis]], a famous Latvian theatrical producer, are exhibited in the [[Latvian National Museum of Art]]. In Academy Tilbergs insisted on his students staying strictly within the academic canons of realism and was even considered despotic while his school was criticized for being too academic and lacking improvisation.<ref name=Lapina>Ruta Lapina, [http://ldmuziejus.mch.mii.lt/naujausiosparodos/latvijos_pedagogai.en.htm The Exhibition "Teachers of painting at the Latvian Academy of Art 1920–1940]</ref> In 1932 Tilbergs' class in Academia was taken over by [[Gederts Eliass]].
-In 1932 Tilbergs' class in Academia was taken over by [[Gederts Eliass]].
-In 1936 he painted a new altar for the historic [[Sigulda]] church.<ref name=sigulda>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051003231600/http://www.sigulda.lv/index.php?pid=2228 The Churches in Sigulda], [[Sigulda]] regional [http://www.sigulda.lv/public/eng/welcome_to_siguda_region/ web-portal].</ref>
+In 1936 he painted a new altar for the historic [[Sigulda]] church.<ref name=sigulda>{{cite web|url=http://www.sigulda.lv/index.php?pid=2228 |title=The Churches in Sigulda |accessdate=February 12, 2007 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051003231600/http://www.sigulda.lv/index.php?pid=2228 |archivedate=October 3, 2005 }}, [[Sigulda]] regional [http://www.sigulda.lv/public/eng/welcome_to_siguda_region/ web-portal].</ref>
-Tilbergs return to the Academia in the post-[[World War II|war]] [[Latvian SSR|Soviet Latvia]] and remained a professor there from 1947 to 1957.
+Tilbergs return to the Academia in the post-[[World War II]] [[Latvian SSR|Soviet Latvia]] and remained a professor there from 1947 to 1957.
-==Recognition==
+== Recognition ==
+Tilbergs was widely renowned in [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Latvia]], where he was accorded the title of the [[People's Artist]] of the Latvian SSR and decorated with the Soviet [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]].
-<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Tilbergs postal 2005.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Janis Tilbergs on the postal stationary issued in 2005 by the [[Latvian Post]] to the 125th anniversary of the artist's birthday. {{ffdc|1=Tilbergs postal 2005.jpg|log=2011 July 25}}]] -->
-Tilbergs was widely renowned in [[Latvian SSR|Soviet Latvia]] where he was accorded the title of the [[People's Artist]] of the Latvian SSR and decorated with the Soviet [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]].
-In modern Latvia he is recognized as one of the greatest national masters of the century. In 2005 the [[Latvian Post]] issued an item of  [[postal stationery]] dedicated to Tilbergs' 125th birthday.<ref name=Lpost>
+In modern Latvia he is recognised as one of the greatest national masters of the century. In 2005 the [[Latvian Post]] issued an item of [[postal stationery]] dedicated to Tilbergs' 125th birthday.<ref name=Lpost>
-[http://www.pasts.lv/en/veikals/prece/index.html;jsessionid=979554B17BF0E5DC7DD8DC2197319C9D?shop_id=1232  125th Anniversary of painter and graphic artist Jānis Roberts Tilbergs, 2005]</ref>
+[http://www.pasts.lv/en/veikals/prece/index.html;jsessionid=979554B17BF0E5DC7DD8DC2197319C9D?shop_id=1232 125th Anniversary of painter and graphic artist Jānis Roberts Tilbergs, 2005]</ref>
-==References==
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
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-*{{ru icon}} [http://encycl.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=bse/00079/02900.htm&encpage=bse&mrkp=http%3A//hghltd.yandex.com/yandbtm%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A//encycl.yandex.ru/texts/bse/00079/02900.htm%26text%3D%25F2%25E8%25EB%25E1%25E5%25F0%25E3%26reqtext%3D%25F2%25E8%25EB%25E1%25E5%25F0%25E3%253A%253A1819103916%26%26isu%3D2 Тилберг Янис], in [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]].
+* [http://encycl.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=bse/00079/02900.htm&encpage=bse&mrkp=http%3A//hghltd.yandex.com/yandbtm%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A//encycl.yandex.ru/texts/bse/00079/02900.htm%26text%3D%25F2%25E8%25EB%25E1%25E5%25F0%25E3%26reqtext%3D%25F2%25E8%25EB%25E1%25E5%25F0%25E3%253A%253A1819103916%26%26isu%3D2 Тилберг Янис] in the [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]] {{in lang|ru}}
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