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The painter '''Janis Rozentāls''' was born on March 18, 1866 <ref>The Rozentāls Family. Elita Sproģe. J.Rozentāls Saldus Museum of History and Art</ref>in Kurzeme Region- at Bebri Farmstead near the [[Saldus]]. He received the basic education at H.Krause's Elementary School in Saldus and Kuldīga District School.
At the age of fifteen the boy left for [[Riga]] and consistently tried to realize his dream about art, later entering St.
A little later the artist decided to settle in Saldus as he wanted to live among his people and create art appropriate to its aspirations and feelings. In spring 1899 Rozentāls bought a building plot at the Striķu street and set up a studio, but his intents were not well received in the provincial town and he moved to Riga two years later. Now a memorial museum is arranged in the building designed by the artist.
Fateful turn in life of the painter happened in November, 1902, when Janis Rozentāls got acquainted with Elli Forsell(1871-1943), a Finnish singer, in Riga. On February 20, 1903, they got married. They found home in a flat- studio, in Alberta street, in Riga. they had three children - Laila, Irja and Miķelis.
The World War I interrupted Janis Rozentāls' family life in Riga.In 1915 the painter's family went to [[Finnland]]. In these days none suspected that the life of the famous Latvian painter will end so suddenly on December 26, 1916. He was buried in Helsinki, later was reburied in his homeland.
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