Aleksander Ipsberg

Aleksander Karl Ipsberg (born December 22, 1908 ^July / January 4, 1909 ^greg. In Smolensk , Russian Empire , † 1944 in Suchobeswodnoje , Gorky Oblast , Soviet Union ) was an Estonian sculptor .

Early years

Aleksander Karl Ipsberg was born to Karl (1870–1943) and Angelika Ipsberg (1884–1945). His Estonian father worked as an engineer in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and then as the head of the railways in the Smolensk region. His mother came from a Volga German entrepreneurial family from Smolensk. In 1911 the father returned to Estonia with his family. In the early 1920s, the wealthy Karl Ipsberg was the Estonian Minister of Transport.

art

Aleksander Ipsberg decided on an artistic career. He first studied painting in Ants Laikmaa's renowned studio . In 1926/27 he was enrolled at the State School of Applied Arts ( Riigi Kunsttööstuskool ) in Tallinn with Ferdi Sannamees . From 1927 to 1930 he studied sculpture at the Pallas Art School in Tartu, South Estonia . From 1931 to 1933 he continued his education in Paris . He then lived as a freelance artist in Tallinn.

Aleksander Ipsberg is best known for his portrait sculptures of Estonian personalities, including Konstantin Päts , Mihkel Pung , Hindrik Prants , Heinrich Moorson , Eduard Aule and Villem Sommer .

death

With the Soviet occupation of Estonia Karl Ipsberg and his family were inside the Soviet Union on June 14, 1941 deported . Aleksander Ipsberg was arrested by the NKVD in October 1941 . In July 1942, he was sentenced to eight years of forced labor.

Two years later he was beaten to death in a gulag near Sukhobesvodnoye station in Gorky Oblast. Ipsberg was 35 years old.

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SURNAME	Ipsberg, Aleksander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ipsberg, Aleksander Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Estonian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	4th January 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Smolensk , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	1944
Place of death	Sukhobesvodnoye , Gorky Oblast , Soviet Union