Nikolai Kummits
(1897–1944)
Naised saunas. 1936
Coal, paper. Vm 19.5 x 30.2 cm (framed)
price 2 301 (sold)
Only a few artists, including Nikolai Kummits, introduced a change into the art of the 1930ies. They started to take interest in the darker side of everyday life and did not romanticize poverty too much. They accomplished works that were actually not so very pessimistic or gloomy, but instead they were compassionate and honest. The scene is depicting a grimy sauna, where mothers and children must wash themselves in tight conditions. The glance at them is not condemning or pitying, but seems to be depicting the simple life that they lived. Here can even be detected some ethnographic interest to which Kummits adds an artistic dimension with strong shadows.
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Appearance in auctions
![Woman in a Farmyard](/content/teosed/20924_t.jpg)
Woman in a Farmyard
1935. Watercolor, mixed media, paper Vm 37.8 x 49 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION: Haus Gallery 04.05.2024
2 600
Final price: 2 600
![In the Kitchen](/content/teosed/18346_t.jpg)
In the Kitchen
1930s. Oil, canvas 61 x 76 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 29.10.2022
9 900
Final price:
![Mother With A Child](/content/teosed/14500_t.jpg)
Mother With A Child
1935. Oil, canvas 89 x 71 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's Autumn Auction Haus Gallery 01.11.2018
Final price:
![Varakevad](/content/teosed/11511_t.jpg)
Varakevad
1943. oil on plywood 36 x 44 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 25.10.2013
2 500
Final price: 2 500
![Maastik](/content/teosed/11045_t.jpg)
Maastik
1939. oil, canvas on cardboard 40.2 x 32.3 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 26.10.2012
1 800
Final price:
![Tartu kivisild](/content/teosed/11046_t.jpg)
Tartu kivisild
1944. woodcut plm 19.6 x 24.9 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 26.10.2012
600
Final price:
![Tartu kivisild](/content/teosed/7753_t.jpg)
Tartu kivisild
1944. linocut Plm 19.6 x 24.9 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXIII ART AUCTION 2008 autumn. Old Masters Graphics and Drawings Haus Gallery 28.10.2008
703
Final price:
![Naised saunas](/content/teosed/5338_t.jpg)
Naised saunas
1936. Coal, paper Vm 19.5 x 30.2 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XX ART AUCTION 2007 spring. Old Masters Graphics and Drawings Haus Gallery 15.04.2007-23.04.2007
2 301
Final price: 2 301
![Tallinna vaade](/content/teosed/2177_t.jpg)
Tallinna vaade
1944. Km. 18 x 18 cm
HAUS / X AUCTION, 2002 spring Haus Gallery 09.05.2002
767
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Appearance in exhibitions
![Mother With A Child](/content/teosed/14500_t.jpg)
Mother With A Child
1935. Oil, canvas 89 x 71 cm (framed)
WORKS FROM TWO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Haus Gallery 15.02.2023-13.03.2023