Jaan Ya
Coort

Russia • 1883−1935

Biography and information

Portraits, typical images of Estonian peasants ("Man with pipe", wood, 1920), animal work ("ROE", 1929) are simply simple, elegant plasticity of forms.

After Graduating From Petersburg. hood.-prom. Uch-school A. Stieglitz (1905). In 1905-15 he lived in Paris and studied in private studios. From 1916 he lived and worked in Estonia. In 1934-35 hood. hands. Gzhel ceramic factory (Mosk. region). Easel sculpture "Portrait of wife" (1916, 1921), "Man with a pipe" (1920), "Woman kneeling" (1923), "the Estonian man (1923), the animal sculpture "ROE deer" (1929), "Pig" (1934), etc.

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