Varmo Pirk 1913–1980 In Kadriorg Park. 1965

Varmo Pirk's witty painting shows Kadrioru Park as part of the urban milieu, where people go for a walk every day. Instead of romance, Pirk refers rather to the urbanized person's search for contact with nature, which is increasingly possible in an organized park environment. Feeding semi-tame squirrels or watching swans sift through a strictly demarcated pond looks like a science lesson, but Pirk's warm humor is far from criticism. However, the slightly square forms refer to the painterly language characteristic of the 1960s.