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Refugees
In his largest composition “Refugees”, modernist Jēkabs Kazaks who, “like the old masters, wanted to work hard like a craftsman”, expresses the nations tragedy with true severity. He reveals it as the harsh story of a peasant family driven from their home during the First World War. Like a rock in the vertically formed expressive composition, the mighty figure of the grandfather rises above a low …
Creator
- Jēkabs Kazaks
- Jēkabs Kazaks
Subject
- refugees
- wars
Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
Date
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917
Medium
- oil on canvas
- canvas (textile material)
Creator
- Jēkabs Kazaks
- Jēkabs Kazaks
Subject
- refugees
- wars
Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
Date
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917
Medium
- oil on canvas
- canvas (textile material)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Temporal
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917
Current location
- Latvian National Museum of Art
Provenance
- Penza, Russia
Identifier
- LAT_280_006
Extent
- 210.5 x 107 cm
Year
- 1917
Providing country
- Latvia
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2023-02-24T13:32:08.733Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-24T14:30:54.194Z