Jaan Koort
Jaan Koort (6 November 1883, Sootaga Parish (Äksi), Tartu – 14 October 1935 in Moscow) was an Estonian sculptor, painter and ceramicist. • Illustration — Statue of Koort in Kadriorg Park, Tallinn by Edgar Viies and Andres Mänd. Jaan Koort was born on 6 November in Tartu, he was the thirteenth child of village farmers Susanna-Marie and Jaan Koort. He studied at Orge village school.
Jaan Koort
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- Russian Empire · Estonia · Soviet Union
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- sculptor · painter · ceramicist
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- art of · painting
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- Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design
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- Estonian
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Jaan Koort (6 November 1883, Sootaga Parish (Äksi), Tartu – 14 October 1935 in Moscow) was an Estonian sculptor, painter and ceramicist. • Illustration — Statue of Koort in Kadriorg Park, Tallinn by Edgar Viies and Andres Mänd. Jaan Koort was born on 6 November in Tartu, he was the thirteenth child of village farmers Susanna-Marie and Jaan Koort. He studied at Orge village school.
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Born at Sootaga Rural Municipality in 1883, died in Moscow in 1935.
Jaan Koort studied at Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design. The recorded working language is Estonian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are art of and painting. Work by Jaan Koort is recorded in the collections of Art Museum of Estonia and Finnish National Gallery.
Skulptuur "Mehe pea" Vabadussõja monumendilt, J.Koort, 1924 (dolomiit)
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Jaan Koort. Abikaasa portree., 1916
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1883
Jaan Koort born at Sootaga Rural Municipality.
1916
Portrait of Artist’s Wife is dated 1916.
1925
monument to Julius Kuperjanov is dated 1925.
1929
Roe Deer is dated 1929.
1935
Jaan Koort died at Moscow.
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- 1.Julius Genss, Jaan Koort, Õhtuleht, 14 October 1945
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