Alfred Hirv (26 March 1880 – 26 May 1918) was an
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
n painter, known especially for his
still lifes. For a time he studied with
Julius von Klever in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
; further studies took him to
Rome
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and
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, where he studied at the school of
Anton Ažbe. His paintings are reminiscent of the style of the
Dutch Golden Age. Works by Hirv can be found in the
Art Museum of Estonia
The Art Museum of Estonia ( et, Eesti Kunstimuuseum) was established in 1919. Originally based in Kadriorg Palace, the museum has expanded across several sites and today exhibits both international and local art works. At the end of the 1970s, in ...
.
Gallery
File:Hirv natüürmort.jpg, Still life (1910s)
File:Tss hirv.jpg, Still life with crayfish (1910s)
File:Hirv akt roosiga.jpg, Nude with a rose (1900s)
File:Alfred Hirv - Card Players.jpg, Card-players (Salary) (1910)
References
Biographyat the St. Lucas Gallery
External links
1880 births
1918 deaths
People from Pechory
People from Pskovsky Uyezd
20th-century Estonian painters
20th-century Estonian male artists
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