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20 Dec

Valdur Ohakas (1925 – 1998)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

In the second half of the 20th century, Valdur Ohakas (1925–1998) was one of the most prominent artists in Estonia. His paintings made him truly famous. Valdur Ohakas graduated from the Tartu Art Institute (from 1944 to 1949) before being deported to...

20 Dec

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Ülo Sooster (1924 – 1970)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

Ülo Soster was born in the small farm of Pendi in independent Estonia. At the age of 19, he entered the Pallas art school, but a year later he was drafted into the German army, from where he deserted and returned to his homeland. Until the age of 49,...

20 Dec

Painters

Toivo Kulles (1918-1984)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

Toivo Kulles was the sixth child in his family. He was born in the small village of Sompa and from an early age worked as a shepherd, which instilled a love for nature and space. After graduating from the Jõhvi school, he entered the Tallinn State Ar...

20 Dec

Painters

Sergei Minin (born 1954)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

Sergey Minin was born in the small village of Orichi. His mother worked as a judge for many years and, according to the artist, was an amazing woman, she always dressed brightly and knew how to speak correctly. Since school, Sergei began to draw wall...

20 Dec

Painters

Salvador Dalí (1904 – 1989)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in the family of a wealthy notary. From childhood, the future artist was intolerant and capricious. He often got into fights with classmates for no reason, suffered from a phobia of grasshoppers, constantly sobb...

20 Dec

Painters

Richard Sagrits (1910-1968)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

Richard Sagrits was born in 1910. He dropped out of high school and entered the State School of Industrial Art, where one of its leaders was Günter Reindorf. He began his artistic path at the Pallas School in 1930, where N. Trijka and A. Vabbe were h...

20 Dec

Painters

Robert Büchtger (1862–1951)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

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

Painters

Raoul Dufy (1877 – 1953)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

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

Painters

Peet Aren (1889 – 1970)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

Pete Aren was born in Odista in 1889. At the age of 9 he studied at the state art school in St. Petersburg, where painting went. Already in 1920 he became a teacher at the State School of Artistic and Industrial Estonia. Having a great talent in grap...

20 Dec

Painters

Paul Paede (1868 – 1929)

January 26, 2023
By Rios_Admin

Paul Pide was born in December 1986 in the German capital. Immediately after graduating from high school, he became a lithographer and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he was taught by the famous painter Ludwig Leffz. The final wo...

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