Ado Vabbe 1892–1961 Vaade tänavale. 1922

By describing the creation of Ado Vabbe we actually describe the whole art culture of the 20.century and also the fatal years of Estonia. As a young radical, Vabbe found his way to the trend that before him was strange in the Estonian art and which would most probably have remained that way without Vabbe. In the 1920ies Vabbe had calmed down to some extent and in the 1930ies he was a brilliant master of handling of more classical motifs. After the war appeared repressions, changing of the handwriting, new searches. The current work is a charming view of a city environment. Here are no more signs of Vabbe’s cosmopolitan approach and large city life perception. Instead he uses scanty means for developing of the joy of light, admiring of architecture and emphasizing the importance of home. “Vaade tänavale” is a good example of the classical Vabbe, which was for him another testing, another research.