Ado Vabbe (19 March 1892 – 20 April 1961) was an

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n painter, graphics artist, and teacher. Ado Vabbe is known for bringing abstraction back home to Estonia after being educated in the

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art school in

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from 1911 to 1913. Active as an artist, he became better known as an art teacher and was a strong influence on many modern Estonian artists. His ''

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'' are considered an important turning point in the history of Estonian art.Ado Vabbe
discussed by Eda Sepp in ''Estonian Non-conformist art from the Soviet occupation in 1944 to Perestroika'', Chapter 2 in ''Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression under the Soviets, 1945-1991'', edited by Jane Voorhees, Alla Rosenfeld and Norton T. Dodge, exhibition catalog Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2001/2002, Vabbe died in

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1892 births 1961 deaths People from Tapa, Estonia People from the Governorate of Estonia 20th-century Estonian painters 20th-century Estonian male artists {{Estonia-painter-stub