Painters

20 Dec

Yuriy TerSar ( Sarkisov ) 1928-2012

January 26, 2023
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Yuriy TerSar(Sarkisov) is an Armenian artist born in 1928 in Baku, Azerbaijan,. He was a teenager when decided to become a professional artist. In 1950 he graduated from Azerbaijan State Art College . He was admitted as a member of the Soviet Union S...

20 Dec

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Stavenhagen Wilhelm Siegfried (1814 – 1881)

January 26, 2023
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Wilhelm Stavenhagen is a German-Estonian sculptor and artist. Born in the family of a lawyer, and at the age of 20 he entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, but interrupted his studies due to illness.Living in Germany, he entered the training of...

20 Dec

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Wilhelm von Kügelgen (1802 – 1867)

January 26, 2023
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Wilhelm von Kügelgen was born in 1802 in the family of the famous German portrait painter Gerhardt von Kügelgen. His uncle, Carl von Kugelgen, was also a landscape and history painter. From 1818 he studied painting at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts...

20 Dec

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Voldemar Peil (1907 – 1999)

January 26, 2023
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Waldemar Peil was born in 1907 in the family of a foundry worker and a crane operator. He studied at the elementary school of Narva, and then at the 3rd general education school. Like many Estonian artists, he graduated from the Pallas Art School as ...

20 Dec

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Voldemar Haas (1889–1982)

January 26, 2023
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Voldemar Haas was born in 1898 in the Livonian province of the Russian Empire. From 1919 to 1923 he studied at the Pallas Higher Art School in the city of Tartu. His teacher was the famous Estonian painter Ado Vabbe. In parallel with his studies, he ...

20 Dec

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Vladimir Bogatkin (1922 – 1971)

January 26, 2023
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Vladimir Bogatkin was born in 1920. His mother was from a noble Mamin family and worked as an actress in the Vakhtangov Theater, where his father also worked. Interest in creativity in Vladimir woke up from childhood, and he took his first lessons fr...

20 Dec

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Raoul Dufy (1877 – 1953)

January 26, 2023
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Byuchtger Robert Germanovich was born in St. Petersburg in a family of Courland Germans. He spent his childhood in Riga, where he studied at the Polytechnic Gymnasium. In 1879 he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts, and then continued his studies at...

20 Dec

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Lorenz Heirich Petersen (1805 – 1895)

January 26, 2023
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Lawrence-Heinrich Peterson is an Estonian artist with Scandinavian roots. Came to Talin from Copenhagen in 1935 at the age of 30. Initially, he worked as a portrait painter and teacher of drawing and painting. He opened his own art shop in Tallinn te...

20 Dec

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Natalie Mei (1900–1975)

January 26, 2023
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Natalia May was born in 1900 in the family of a military ship captain. She has two older sisters, Lydia and Christina, who are also recognized as painters and sculptors. In 1915, Natalia graduated from the Tallinn Women's Gymnasium, after which she e...

20 Dec

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Soans, Olev (1925 – 1995)

January 26, 2023
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Olev Soans is a famous Estonian graphic artist. He completed his studies in 1941 at the Pärnu Trade Lyceum and after 2 years was mobilized into the German army. After the Second World War, he worked as an art teacher in Järvakandi. In 1951 he graduat...

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