Aleksander Tassa (5 July 1882

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– 23 March 1955

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) was an

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n writer and art personnel. He was one of the founder of

Pallas Art School Pallas University of Applied Sciences () is a university of applied sciences that provides art education in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded on 1 August 2000. The university is situated in Karlova. The rector is Vallo Nuust. History On groun ...

and society Pallas. 1918–1922 he was the director of society Pallas. 1931–1940 he was the director of

Estonian National Museum The Estonian National Museum () founded 1909 in Tartu is a museum devoted to folklorist Jakob Hurt's heritage, to Estonian ethnography and folk art. The first items for the museum were originally collected in the latter part of the 19th centur ...

's art and cultural history department. He died in 1955 and he is buried at

Rahumäe Cemetery Rahumäe (Estonian for 'peace hill' or 'quiet hill') is a subdistrict () in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,075 (), and a population density of . Rahumäe has a railway sta ...

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1882 births 1955 deaths Estonian male short story writers Estonian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Estonian writers 20th-century Estonian painters 20th-century Estonian male artists 20th-century Estonian illustrators Estonian caricaturists Writers from Tartu Artists from Tartu Burials at Rahumäe Cemetery {{Estonia-artist-stub