Vilhelms Purvītis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vilhelms Purvītis

Latvian artist

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1872

Place of Birth: Zaube, Amata Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1945

Profession: professor, painter

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Vilhelms Purvitis (3 March 1872 in Zaube, Latvia – 14 January 1945 in Bad Nauheim, Germany) was a landscape painter and educator who founded the Latvian Academy of Art and was its rector from 1919 to 1934.