Ādams Kāpostiņš
Kāpostiņš with his works in 1985
Born
Odumeņš Kopusteņš

(1905-07-27)27 July 1905
Puša Parish, Russian Empire
Died7 February 1987(1987-02-07) (aged 81)
Puša Parish, Soviet Union
NationalityLatvian
Known forCeramics
MovementLatgalian ceramics
SpouseVeneranda Kopusteņa
AwardsAndrejs Paulāns Medal (1981)

Ādams Kāpostiņš (Latgalian: Odumeņš Kopusteņš, 27 July 1905 – 7 February 1987) was a Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist.[1]

Biography

Ādams Kāpostiņš was born at Puša village in Puša Parish, Russian Empire in 1905. He became a ceramicist in 1919, at the age of 14, continuing the family tradition. His grandfather and father were also ceramicists.[2]

One of Kāpostiņš trademarks were face jugs and ceramic figures.[3] His works were selected for the exhibitions since 1955.[4] Kāpostiņš had a personal exhibition in Rēzekne at his 75th-anniversary in 1980[5] and his works were also displayed in exhibitions outside the Latvian SSR.

Kāpostiņš died in Puša on 7 February 1987.[1]

Legacy

In 2015, there was an exposition in the Rainis Museum in Jasmuiža Manor, dedicated to the 110th jubilee of Kāpostiņš. It featured a renovated unique tile stove that was relocated from ceramicists house in Puša, originally made by Kāpostiņš.[6]

Honors

References

  1. 1 2 "Ādams Kāpostiņš (Odumeņš Kopusteņš)". latgalesdati.du.lv. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Viļuma, Elizabete (2015-05-19). "Ādama Kāpostiņa māla podu izstāde "Māls caur uguni uz podu"" (37 ed.). Ezerzeme. p. 13.
  3. ↑ Pujāts, Jānis (1980-07-01). "Jaunai darba dienai austot" (3 ed.). Māksla. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Ādams Kāpostiņš". futureofmuseums.eu. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Pujāts, Jānis (1980-04-26). "Tautas daiļrades svētki" (51 ed.). Par Komunisma Uzvaru. p. 13.
  6. ↑ "House of Traditional Latgalian Culture and Handicrafts Opens in Jasmuiža". aspazijarainis.lv. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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