Answer the following question: Facts: - field: painting - birth date: 18 february 1895 - name: jekabs kazaks - movement: modernism - nationality: latvian - image: jekabs kazaks selfportrait.jpg - death place: riga . - birth place: riga , russian empire , border Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jekabs kazaks .
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jekabs kazaks -lrb- 18 february 1895 in riga -- 30 november 1920 in riga -rrb- was a latvian modernist painter .