Paul Raud ( in Kirikuküla, Viru-Jaagupi Parish – 22 November 1930 in

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) was an

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n painter.

Life and works

The twin brother of painter Kristjan Raud, he studied at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Blinky Palermo, Ma ...

beginning in 1886, becoming influenced by the work of

Eduard von Gebhardt Franz Karl Eduard von Gebhardt (13 June 1838 – 3 February 1925) was a Baltic German painter of portraits and historical scenes, and a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Biography He was born to Ferdinand Theodor von Gebhardt (1803� ...

. He is associated with the

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. After his return to Estonia, he painted mainly portrait commissions for some time, before traveling with his brother and

Amandus Adamson Amandus Heinrich Adamson (12 November 1855 near Paldiski, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire — 26 June 1929 in Paldiski, Estonia) was an Estonian sculptor and painter. Life Adamson was born in 1855 into an Estonian-speaking seafaring famil ...

to the islands of

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and Pakri in 1896. His works of this period are reminiscent of those of

Max Liebermann Max Liebermann (20 July 1847 – 8 February 1935) was a German painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of Impressionism in Germany and continental Europe. In addition to his activity as an artist, he also assembled an important ...

. In 1899 he returned to work in

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, taking on some of the stylistic trappings of

Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

; this, coupled with time spent working with

Ilya Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is today Ukraine. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russian Empire, Russia in the 19th century. His major works include ''Barge Haulers on the Volga' ...

, influenced his later style. Later in his career, most especially during and after

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, he began to teach, from 1915 working as a drawing instructor at the Tallinn Institute of Commerce and from 1923 at the State School of Industrial Art in Tallinn. Paul Raud is represented with works in the

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External links

"From one Century to the Next: Exhibition of works by Kristjan and Paul Raud in Kumu Art Museum June 22–October 8, 2006
information folder from the Art Museum of Estonia
Works by Paul Raud
at the Art Museum of Estonia

References

1865 births 1930 deaths People from Vinni Parish People from Kreis Wierland 19th-century Estonian painters 19th-century Estonian male artists 20th-century Estonian painters 20th-century Estonian male artists Painters from the Russian Empire Estonian twins Düsseldorf school of painting Burials at Rahumäe Cemetery {{Estonia-painter-stub