EDGAR VIIES (1931-2006) Estonian sculptor Edgar Viies was born in Simititsa, an agricultural region of Estonia in 1931. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Estonia, Tallinn, from 1951 to 1952 and continued his studies at the Academy of Arts in Leningrad where he [...]

Béla Bácsi Béla Bácsi was born in Gyor, Hungary in 1950. As a young boy, Bácsi emigrated to the United States with his family. Continuing in the family’s profession as stone carvers, presently in its fifth generation, Bácsi took an interest in carving at an early [...]

MATTI VARIK (1939-2011) RESOURCES Sculpture collection of the Fine Art Museum of Estonia Tartu Art Museum Freedom Gate Monument by Matti Varik, Estonian Embassy in Stockholm

MARE MIKOF Mare Mikof (1941) is one of Estonia's leading contemporary sculptors. She started her career at the beginning of the 1970s and she was driven by hyperrealism and pop art, which in her works mixed with a grotesque depiction of man. Mikof has created several [...]

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