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1937	graduated from the State Art and Trade School the faculty of decorative painting
1941	graduated from the State Higher School of Arts the faculty of painting

1939-40	Member of the Central Union of Figurative Artists of Estonia
1943	Founder member of the Artists\' Association of the ESSR

1954	Professor of the Estonian State Art Institute
1962	Correspondent member of the Art Academy of the USSR

1963	Honour member of the Art Academy of Florence
1975	Academician of the Art Academy of the USSR

 

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:

 

More than 50 personal exhibitions in Tallinn, Tartu, Moscow, Kiev, Lvov, Finland, Sweden

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 

 

1939	first exposition at the SATS exhibition
1947	the Tallinna Kunstihoone ( with R.Sagrits and R.Uutmaa)

1971	the Tallinn Art Lounge ( with E.Einmann and G.Reindorff)
1981	Lübeck (with N.Kormashov and O.Subbi)

1982	Riga (with A.Keerend and I.Torn)
1992	Denmark (with A.Juurak and others)

 

PRIZES:

 

 

1947	Prize of the Soviet Estonia
1948	Prize of the Soviet Estonia

1950	Prize of the Soviet Estonia
1959	Prize of the Soviet Estonia

1961	Prize of the Ljubljana Graphics Biennal
1965	Prize of the Soviet Estonia

1974	Prize and diploma of the Tallinn Graphics Triennal
1977	Grand Prix of the Vilnius Ex-libris Biennal

	Grand Prix of the IV Vilnius Painting Triennal
1978	Annual Prize of Kristjan Raud

1985	State prize of the Estonian SSR

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:

 

The Estonian Art Museum, the Tartu Art Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Museum Ludwig, Cologne.