Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
– 22 February 1999, in
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...
) was an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
n art and architecture historian and teacher.
1913–1914 he studied at drawing courses of Estonian Arts Society. 1918–1919 he studied at
Ants Laikmaa
Ants Laikmaa (5 May 1866, Araste – 19 November 1942, Kadarpiku) was an Estonian painter.
Life
Ants Laikmaa (until 1935 Hans Laipman) was born at the Paiba farm in Araste, Märjamaa Parish village. He was the 13th child of a poor Estonian fami ...
studio school. 1926 he graduated from
Tartu University
The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.
1933–1937 he was editor of the art department of
Estonian Encyclopaedia
''Estonian Encyclopaedia'' () is an Estonian encyclopaedia which was published from 1985 to 2007. From 1985 to 1990, its title was ''Eesti nõukogude entsüklopeedia'' (abbreviated ENE; English: Estonian Soviet Encyclopaedia) and thereafter its t ...
.
1925–1940 he was lecturer at Pallas Art School and 1944–1969 lecturer at Tartu University.
His most important publication was "General Art History" (1937–1938).