Jaan Klõšeiko
Illustration — Jaan Klõšeiko at the HeadRead festival on 2 June 2013 Jaan Klõšeiko (10 September 1939, Tallinn – 21 December 2016, Tallinn) was an Estonian printmaker and photographer. Klõšeiko graduated from Tallinn Secondary School No. 22 in 1958.
Jaan Klõšeiko

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- Born
- 1939 · Tallinn.
- Died
- 2016 · Tallinn.
- Nationality
- Estonia
- Occupation
- printmaker · photographer · printer · graphic artist · designer
- Fields
- printmaking · graphics · photography · book design
- Education
- Estonian Academy of Arts
- Honours
- Order of the White Star and 4th Class
- Languages
- Estonian
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1939
Jaan Klõšeiko born at Tallinn.
2016
Jaan Klõšeiko died at Tallinn.
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He continued his studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts and graduated in 1964 with a specialty in graphic arts. Klõšeiko worked at the publishing houses Valgus and Eesti Raamat, at the magazine Noorus and at the newspaper Televisioon. He was the head designer of Kunst in 1975. He also designed soundboard covers, worked as a photographer and captured cultural history events and people of culture, and the like. Klõšeiko was a signatory of the Letter of 40 intellectuals in 1980. Klõšeiko died on 21 December 2016 and was later buried at Metsakalmistu.
• 2001: 4th class of the Order of the White Star (received 23 January 2001) • 2006: 4th class of the Order of the Coat of National Arms (received 23 February 2006)
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- 1.ERR. Suri graafik ja fotograaf Jaan Klõšeiko | Kunst.
- 2.Estonian State Decorations. Bearer of decorations: Jaan Klõšeiko (WS).
- 3.Estonian State Decorations. Bearer of decorations: Jaan Klõšeiko (Riigi).
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- . Klõšeiko, Jaan, graafik. Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon. Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus. Tallinn 1996.
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