Kaarel Liimand
(1906 - 1941)
Flower. 1935
Oil, plywood. 51.5 x 38.8 cm (framed)
price 10 600
Kaarel Liimandi’s paintings are rarely sold at auction, as the author, who had a great influence on Estonian painting, had a short life and the number of works he produced was therefore small. Above all, the peculiarity of Liimandi’s approach to colour has been recalled, among which the bold introduction of the colour white by Liimandi stood out. Instead of and alongside the brush, Liimand often used a palette knife, and apparently this is also the case in the present work, where we can see wide, even strokes across the surface of the painting. It is an almost entirely abstract work, where the emphasis is on the coordination and fusion of unexpected colours. Liimand did not use the colours carefully and airily, but boldly and massively, thus emphasising the materiality and texture of the colours. In the year of the work’s completion, Liimand had moved to Pallas as a lecturer, but this did not mean fixation; Liimand experimented boldly. There are a number of other paintings from 1935, but none as boldly experimental as this work.
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![Flower](/content/teosed/18991_t.jpg)
Flower
1935. Oil, plywood 51.5 x 38.8 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART AUCTION - MID-19TH CENTURY TO 1965 Haus Gallery 06.05.2023
4 800
Final price: 10 600
![Kaks akti](/content/teosed/15401_t.jpg)
Kaks akti
1932-1933. Ink, paper vm 35 x 21.2 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY'S AUTUMN AUCTION 2019 Haus Gallery 04.10.2019-31.10.2019
900
Final price:
![Tütarlapse portree](/content/teosed/13738_t.jpg)
Tütarlapse portree
1939. 81 x 65 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's anniversary auction Haus Gallery 03.11.2017
17 000
Final price: 25 800
![Tartu motiiv](/content/teosed/12049_t.jpg)
Tartu motiiv
1939. oil on canvas 59 x 73 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXXVI ART AUCTION. 2014 autumn Haus Gallery 06.10.2014
15 700
Final price: 17 100
![Mustlaspoiss](/content/teosed/9767_t.jpg)
Mustlaspoiss
1940. etching plm 16 x 13.2 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 01.10.2010-10.10.2010
511
Final price:
![Poiss](/content/teosed/7749_t.jpg)
Poiss
1940. eau forte Km 25.8 x 18.4 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXIII ART AUCTION 2008 autumn. Old Masters Graphics and Drawings Haus Gallery 28.10.2008
895
Final price:
![Kaks seisvat akti otsevaates](/content/teosed/5332_t.jpg)
Kaks seisvat akti otsevaates
1932-1933. Ink, pen, paper Lm 37.2 x 22.8 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XX ART AUCTION 2007 spring. Old Masters Graphics and Drawings Haus Gallery 15.04.2007-23.04.2007
895
Final price: 1 534
![Istuv meesakt](/content/teosed/5333_t.jpg)
Istuv meesakt
1932-1933. Ink, pen, paper Lm 37.1 x 23 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XX ART AUCTION 2007 spring. Old Masters Graphics and Drawings Haus Gallery 15.04.2007-23.04.2007
895
Final price: 1 342
![Aadu Hindi portree.](/content/teosed/2259_t.jpg)
Aadu Hindi portree.
1940. eau forte, dry point 29 x 20 cm (not framed)
HAUS / IX AUCTION, 2001 autumn Haus Gallery 20.10.2001
352
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