Helge Uuetoa
Helge Uuetoa (16 April 1936 – 16 August 2008) was an Estonian painter, illustrator, and stage and film set designer.
Helge Uuetoa
- Born
- 1936 · Tartu.
- Died
- 2008
- Nationality
- Estonia
- Occupation
- painter · scenographer · director · artist
- Education
- Estonian Academy of Arts
- Languages
- Estonian
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Helge Uuetoa (16 April 1936 – 16 August 2008) was an Estonian painter, illustrator, and stage and film set designer.
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Career
Career
Helge Uuetoa graduated from the Estonian State Art Institute (now, the Estonian Academy of Arts) in 1960. Afterward, she worked as a stage designer at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn from 1971 until 1977, and at the Rakvere Theatre and Eesti Televisioon from 1973 until 1988.
Death
Death
On 16 August 2008, police were called to Uuetoa's apartment in Tallinn where they found her beaten to death. She was 72. Police subsequently arrested her son Mart (her only child), and he was charged with her murder. She was buried at the Metsakalmistu cemetery in Tallinn.
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1936
Helge Uuetoa born at Tartu.
2008
Helge Uuetoa died.
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