Jüri Arrak

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Jüri Arrak (2010)

Jüri Arrak (born October 24, 1936 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian painter , graphic artist , blacksmith and animation artist .

Life

Jüri Arrak graduated from the Technical School for Mining in 1955. From 1961 he studied art. In 1966 he graduated from the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR in Tallinn in metalworking and goldsmithing .

Arrak was initially employed as an artist in a metalworking factory in Tallinn and in 1968/69 at the Estonian film studio Tallinnfilm . He has been a freelance artist since 1969. In 1990 Arrak received the renowned Kristjan Raud Art Prize , and in 1997 the Konrad Mägi Medal . He lives in Tallinn with his wife.

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Jüri Arrak, 1981

Arrak belonged to the Estonian artist group ANK '64. During his art studies, he devoted himself to painting and graphics in addition to metalwork. He has developed his own, memorable style. His pictures are narrative, but at the same time paradoxical and grotesque . Many of his characters wear masks or come from mythology . Arrak often reproduces archetypes in his pictures . The Christianity plays an important role in his art. He regularly strips saints of their sublime seriousness in parodies .

In addition to his almost surrealistic pictures, Arrak has portrayed numerous Estonian artists and intellectuals ( Leo Soonpää 1976, Juri Lotman 1994, Peeter Tulviste 1995). He created the monumental paintings in the Endla Theater in Pärnu (1983) and in the Estonia Opera House in Tallinn (1998). The altar painting Christ in the Halliste church is also by Jüri Arrak.

Works (selection)

Jüri Arrak, Kiek in de Kökis 2013 (2) .jpg
  • Saabumine võõrasse jaama (1970)
  • Centaurid võitlus lapiitidega (1972)
  • Europe lahkumine (1975)
  • Tsirkus (1977)
  • Tornide Linn (1979)
  • Jüri võitlus lohega (1979)
  • Pasunapuhuja (1980)
  • Kandjad (1980)
  • Müüritrepil (1981)
  • Hunt Kuldse Kepiga (1983)
  • Inimesed esemetega (1985)
  • Pillipuhuja (1985)
  • Juuda Suudlus (1985)
  • Joona (1995)
  • Hiiob (1996)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.visitestonia.com/index.php?page=32&database=2&search=false®ion=0&county=0&type=12&lk=7&object=941&action=show_object&more_details=1&
personal data
SURNAME Arrak, Jueri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian painter, graphic artist, blacksmith and animation artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallinn