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Vilen Künnapu

Sündinud / Born 1948

Vilen Künnapu who is known as an architect and artist presents predominantly large-scale acrylic paintings that have been created with a characteristic Künnapu-esque stylization and provocative use of colours. These are expressive works with a unique geometrical and symbolistic system that have consciously emphasized naivism, like a sign of the artist’s genuine and pure energy, happily spreading across the paintings. As for shapes, Künnapu utilizes the same problem-solving and work ethics as with architecture – bold colour schemes and a stylish eclecticism of various architectural elements. Egyptian pillars, palladium friezes, gothic-roman window verticals and arches that become amazingly similar in Künnapu’s interpretation. The architect as well as the artist has halted their origin, creating a new space of thought free from temporal restrictions. To walk within the rooms of Künnapu’s bright-coloured houses is as if to walk along the roofs, corridors, roads and landscapes on his paintings.

Artworks

Andalusian Landscape
Vilen Künnapu Andalusian Landscape 2020. Acrylic, canvas 120 x 150 cm (not framed) price 5 400
Mirjam is thinking
Vilen Künnapu Mirjam is thinking 2023. Acrylic on canvas 80 x 60 cm (not framed) price 3 800
Murano I
Vilen Künnapu Murano I 2019. Acrylic, canvas on cardboard 30 x 40 cm (not framed) price 1 600
Murano II
Vilen Künnapu Murano II 2019. Acrylic, canvas on cardboard 30 x 40 cm (not framed) price 1 600
Pikk Jalg
Vilen Künnapu Pikk Jalg 2023. Acrylic, canvas 150 x 60 cm (not framed) price 5 500
Pikk Jalg
Vilen Künnapu Pikk Jalg 2013. Acrylic, canvas 80 x 30 cm (not framed) price 2 300
Pikk Jalg 2
Vilen Künnapu Pikk Jalg 2 2023. Acrylic, canvas 50 x 50 cm (not framed) price 2 100
Red Chimney
Vilen Künnapu Red Chimney 2023. Acrylic, canvas 50 x 50 cm (not framed) price 2 100
Pärnu Maantee Façade
Vilen Künnapu Pärnu Maantee Façade 2023. Acrylic, canvas 50 x 50 cm (not framed) price 2 100
Nude With Green Hair
Vilen Künnapu Nude With Green Hair 2014. Watercolour, ink Lm 40 x 20 cm (framed) price 1 300
Pink Sky
Vilen Künnapu Pink Sky 2023. Acrylic, canvas 150 x 60 cm (not framed) price 5 800
Russalka
Vilen Künnapu Russalka 2023. Acrylic, canvas 50 x 50 cm (not framed) price 1 900
Secret of Santorini
Vilen Künnapu Secret of Santorini undated. Acrylic, canvas 30 x 40 cm (not framed) price 1 600
Blue Nude I
Vilen Künnapu Blue Nude I 2012. Watercolour lm 29.7 x 21 cm (not framed) price 800
Blue Nude II
Vilen Künnapu Blue Nude II 2012. Watercolour lm 29.7 x 21 cm (not framed) price 800
Tallinn - The Capital of Happiness II
Vilen Künnapu Tallinn - The Capital of Happiness II 2023. Acrylic, canvas 50 x 50 cm (not framed) price 2 100
Tallinn - The Capital of Happiness VII
Vilen Künnapu Tallinn - The Capital of Happiness VII 2023. Acrylic, canvas 50 x 50 cm (not framed) price 2 100
View From the Studio Balcony
Vilen Künnapu View From the Studio Balcony 2023. Acrylic, canvas 150 x 60 cm (not framed) price 5 500
View from Toompea with a Red Chimney
Vilen Künnapu View from Toompea with a Red Chimney 2023. Acrylic, canvas 150 x 60 cm (not framed) price 5 500
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