Peeter Mudist (19 April 1942,

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– 6 December 2013) was an

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n painter, sculptor, and print-maker whose works have received multiple awards. He was also a member of the

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Early life

Born in 1942, in

, Mudist studied painting at the Estonian State Art Institute (now, the

Estonian Academy of Arts The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian language, Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, Media (communication), media, art history and conservation ...

) for four years, starting in 1963.

Later life and death

Mudist had

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor system, motor and non-motor systems. Symptoms typically develop gradually and non-motor issues become ...

in his later years. He died on the morning of 6 December 2013.

Awards

Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science Baltic may refer to: Peoples and languages * Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian *Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originati ...

(1995)

References

1942 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Estonian painters 20th-century Estonian male artists 21st-century Estonian painters 21st-century Estonian male artists Estonian people with disabilities Estonian Academy of Arts alumni Tallinn University of Technology alumni Academic staff of Tallinn University 20th-century Estonian sculptors Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class Artists from Tallinn {{Estonia-artist-stub