Henn Roode

1924–1974

Swamp Drainers. 1963-1966

Oil, cardboard. 45.7 x 68 cm (framed)
price 6 300

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The drying of swamps, i.e. subjecting nature to the rules set by people, was valued in Soviet society. Swamp drying was prestigious and their portrayal was semi-obligatory. But Henn Roode's great painting is far from obligatory. The artist's painting style is unconventional, the depicted people are not heroic swamp drainers, but extremely human types who speak about the ethos of working and the mystery of being human. The half-painted faces look directly into the viewer's eyes and are serious yet abstract. The machines visible in the background are not technological marvels, but appear as tiny and half-sized objects, directing the viewer's gaze instead to Roode's experiments with forms and colors. With scarce and laconic means, Roode has moved across the painting surface, creating a powerful generalization. Some wonder that the work only received an incentive prize in the concept design competition for an art exhibition dedicated to the October Revolution.

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Appearance in auctions

Henn Roode
*Self-Portrait*
1962. Oil, cardboard Km 61 x 44.5 cm (not framed)
ESTONIAN ART AUCTION - MID-19TH CENTURY TO 1965 Haus Gallery 06.05.2023
5 100
Final price: 7 500

Henn Roode
*Reclining Nude*
1964. Oil, cardboard 50 x 67.7 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART AUCTION - MID-19TH CENTURY TO 1965 Haus Gallery 06.05.2023
3 600
Final price: 5 600

Henn Roode
*Market*
1960. Oil, cardboard 37.6 x 48.5 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 29.10.2022
4 100
Final price: 4 100

Henn Roode
*Swamp Drainers*
1963-1966. Oil, cardboard 45.7 x 68 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 29.10.2022
3 900
Final price: 6 300

Henn Roode
*Kunstistuudios*
1964-1965. Oil, cardboard Lm 50.5 x 36 cm (framed)
SPRING 2020 Haus Gallery 15.05.2020
2 900
Final price: 5 100

Henn Roode
*Parandustööd linnas*
1969. oil, cardboard km 43 x 61 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY'S AUTUMN AUCTION 2019 Haus Gallery 04.10.2019-31.10.2019
3 400
Final price: 3 400

Henn Roode
*Õuel*
1962. 55 x 62 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's anniversary auction Haus Gallery 03.11.2017
1 600
Final price:

Henn Roode
*Aprillipäev*
1960. oil on plywood 37 x 56 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XL AUCTION, AUTUMN 2016. Haus Gallery 28.10.2016
1 500
Final price: 1 500

Henn Roode
*Natüürmort kingaga*
1967. oil on cardboard 34 x 54 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XVIII AUCTION autumn Haus Gallery 08.10.2015-30.11.1999
1 500
Final price:

Henn Roode
*Püügil*
1963. oil on canvas 115 x 120.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXXVII AUCTION 2015 SPRING Haus Gallery 06.04.2015
6 900
Final price: 8 300

Henn Roode
*Aed Kalamajas*
1959-1960. oil on cardboard 35 x 50 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXXVI ART AUCTION. 2014 autumn Haus Gallery 06.10.2014

Final price:

Henn Roode
*Ujulas (kavand)*
1968. oil on cardboard 50.5 x 59.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXXVI ART AUCTION. 2014 autumn Haus Gallery 06.10.2014
1 800
Final price:

Henn Roode
*Karussell (kavand)*
1959. oil on cardboard 32 x 51 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 25.10.2013
1 500
Final price: 1 500

Henn Roode
*Linnamotiiv (Vaade koduaknast)*
1967. oil on cardboard 32.7 x 65 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 25.10.2013
1 700
Final price: 1 700

Henn Roode
*Akt kollase kübaraga*
1961. oil, cardboard 68 x 45 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 28.03.2013
1 500
Final price:

Henn Roode
*Klaasipuhujad*
1971. oil, cardboard 51 x 48 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 28.03.2013
1 700
Final price: 1 700

Henn Roode
*Autoportree*
1974. oil on canvas 54.5 x 37.5 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 02.05.2011-04.05.2011
1 400
Final price: 1 400

Henn Roode
*Old Town Roofs*
1964. oil on cardboard 53.8 x 51.5 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 08.11.2010-10.11.2010

Final price:

Henn Roode
*Lamav akt sinisel*
1972. 36.5 x 53.5 cm (not framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXIII ART AUCTION 2008 autumn. Old Masters Paintings Haus Gallery 01.10.2008
1 534
Final price: 1 630

Henn Roode
*Etüüd sinises*
1967. oil, cardboard 51.5 x 37.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXII ART AUCTION 2008 spring. Old Masters Paintings Haus Gallery 22.04.2008
2 493
Final price:

Henn Roode
*Baleriin*
undated. Oil, cardboard 74.5 x 52 cm (not framed)
HAUS GALLERY XX ART AUCTION, 2007 spring Old Masters Paintings Haus Gallery 15.04.2007-24.04.2007
1 790
Final price: 1 917

Henn Roode
*Arbuusid*
1963. Oil, cardboard 51 x 63 cm
HAUS GALLRY XIX ART AUCTION, 2006 autumn. Old Masters Painting Haus Gallery 24.10.2006
1 662
Final price: 2 588

Henn Roode
*Rand õhtul Kastnas*
1960. Oil, cardboard 53 x 75 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIII ART AUCTION, 2006 spring. Old Masters Painting Haus Gallery 20.04.2006
1 406
Final price:

Henn Roode
*Aias*
1961. Oil on canvas 50 x 70 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIth ART AUCTION, 2005 spring Haus Gallery 25.04.2005
1 790
Final price: 1 790

Henn Roode
*Lamav akt*
1964. Oil on cardboard 50 x 69 cm
HAUS GALLERY XIVth ART AUCTION, 2004 spring Haus Gallery 04.04.2004
1 150
Final price: 1 150

Henn Roode
*Maastik*
1960. Oil on cardboard 56 x 67 cm
HAUS GALLERY XIIIth ART AUCTION 2003 autumn Haus Gallery 23.10.2003
1 086
Final price: 1 182

Henn Roode
*Väike lamav akt*
undated. Oil on cardboard 32 x 64 cm (not framed)
HAUS / XIIth AUCTION, 2003 spring Haus Gallery 24.04.2003
767
Final price: 1 310

Henn Roode
*Turg. (Kavand II)*
1960. 37 x 48 cm
HAUS / X AUCTION, 2002 spring Haus Gallery 09.05.2002
1 470
Final price: 1 534

Henn Roode
*Akt*
undated. 69 x 44 cm (not framed)
HAUS / IX AUCTION, 2001 autumn Haus Gallery 20.10.2001
1 853
Final price:

Henn Roode
*Abstraktne kompositsioon*
1966. Oil on cardboard
HAUS / VIII AUCTION, 2001 spring Haus Gallery 26.04.2001
959
Final price:

Appearance in exhibitions

Henn Roode
*In Otepää I*
1961. Oil, cardboard 49 x 69 cm (not framed)
HAUS GALLERY CONTINUES WITH THE EXHIBITION SERIES - COLLECTORS Haus Gallery 15.03.2023-02.04.2023

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