Ants Laikmaa

Ants Laikmaa
Ants Laikmaa, c. 1920
Born
Hans Laipman (until 1935)

(1866-05-05)5 May 1866
Died14 December 1942(1942-12-14) (aged 76)
Kadarpiku, USSR
NationalityRussian Empire (1866-1918)
Estonia (1918-1940)
USSR (1940-1942)
EducationDüsseldorf Art Academy
OccupationPainter
Known forpastel painting,
co-founder of Estonian National Museum
PartnerMarie Under
Ants Laikmaa's self-portrait, 1920
House of Laikmaa in Kadarpiku, designed by himself, now a museum

Ants Laikmaa (5 May 1866 – 19 November 1942) was an Estonian painter.[1]

  1. ^ lla Rosenfeld, Norton T. Dodge, Jane Voorhees, Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression Under the Soviets, 1945-1991, Rutgers University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8135-3042-3, p34