The Colours of Estonia16. October, 2010 - 24. November, 2010
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Konrad Mägi, Saaremaa. A Study, 1913.
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Ants Laikmaa, From a Distance, I See Home Growing, 1924Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's portrait
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Konrad Mägi: Landscape with Pink Fields, 1915
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Konrad Mägi: Portrait of a Woman, 1922-1924
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Ants Laikmaa: Taebla, 1936
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Ants Laikmaa: View from Capri, 1911-1912
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Konrad Mägi: Venice, 1922-1923
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Ants Laikmaa: Night Theme from Capri, 1910
The Colours of Estonia – 150 Years of Estonian Art from the Enn Kunila Collection
A rich and colourful panorama of Estonian painting that reflects the construction of the Estonian national identity. Landscapes from mainland Estonia, the Saaremaa Island, the Baltic Sea and scenes from journeys to Europe glow in resplendent colours. The Colours of Estonia is the most extensive review of Estonian painting ever to have been presented outside Estonia.
The earliest work in the exhibition is Italian Landscape from 1859 by Johann Köler (1826–1899), and the most recent one Mapplethorpe’s Calla Lily from 2009 by Laurentsius (b. 1969) The core of the collection consists of works from the early years of Estonian modernism in the first decades of the 20th century, such as the intense landscapes of Nikolai Triik, Ants Laikmaa and Konrad Mägi (1878–1925). Other key artists represented in the collection include Elmar Kits and Olev Subbi, who have carried on and developed further the traditions of painterliness and joyful colourism of the Pallas Art School, which exercised a decisive influence on Estonian art between the world wars.
The curator of the exhibition is Harry Liivrand from the Tallinn Kunsthalle. The exhibition design is by Olev Subbi.
The exhibition is supported by: NG Investeeringud OÜ, Tallinna Kaubamaja AS, A- Selver AS, AS Kitman, AS Balbiino, AS Liviko and As Tallink Grupp.
THE COLLECTION FEATURES THE FOLLOWING ESTONIAN PAINTERS
Amandus
Adamson, Adamson-Eric, Paul Burman, Eduard von Gebhardt, Johannes
Greenberg, Jaan Grünberg, Eerik Haamer, Alfred Hirv, Oskar Hoffmann, August Jansen, Andrei Jegorov, Rein Kelpman, Elmar Kits, Linda Kits-Mägi, Alfred
Kongo, Endel Kõks,Johann Köler, Ants Laikmaa, Laurentsius, Peeter Mudist, Konrad Mägi, Lepo Mikko, Ants Murakin, Roman Nyman, Evald Okas, Enn Põldroos, Tiit Pääsuke,Paul Raud, Henn Roode, Richard Sagrits, Olev Subbi, Konstantin Süvalo, Kristjan Teder,
Nikolai Triik, Richard Uutmaa, Ado Vabbe, Aleksander Vardi, Toomas Vint, Johannes Võerahansu, Valdemar Väli.