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Vilhelms Purvītis

Latvian artist (1872-1945)

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Born
March 3, 1872
Died
January 14, 1945
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1872

About Vilhelms Purvītis

Vilhelms Purvītis was a landscape painter and educator who founded the Latvian Academy of Art and was its rector from 1919 to 1934. Vilhelms Purvītis (3 March 1872 – 14 January 1945) was a landscape painter and educator who founded the Latvian Academy of Art and was its rector from 1919 to 1934. In 1909 Purvītis returned to Riga and became director of a Riga city art school.

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Vilhelms Purvītis timeline

  1. Vilhelms Purvītis (3 March 1872 – 14 January 1945) was a landscape painter and educator who founded the Latvian Academy of Art and was its rector from 1919 to 1934.
  2. In 1909 Purvītis returned to Riga and became director of a Riga city art school.

The world when Vilhelms Purvītis was born

Vilhelms Purvītis was born in 1872. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1872

  • Best-selling bookAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYellowstone established as first national park
  • Technology milestoneCelluloid (first plastic) manufacturing begins
  • World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population40.2M

1872 versus 2026

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Measure18722026
Population40.2M341 million

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