Anton Starkop (22 April 1889 Röa,

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– 30 December 1966

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) was

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n sculptor. 1911-1912 he studied at

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Art School in

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and 1912–1913 at Académie Russe and

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in Paris. During the World War I, he was war prisoner in

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, Germany. 1918 he returned to Estonia. There he was one of the founder of

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. 1919-1940 he was teacher and 1929-1940 also the director of this school. He was married to Estonian artist

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from 1920 to 1928 . 1944-1950 he was head of sculpture chair at Tartu State Art Institute and 1945-1948 its director. 1950 he moved to

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. There he worked in Merkurov's studio.

Notable works

* Drowning Man * Sunbather * Mother and Child

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Starkopf, Anton 1889 births 1966 deaths 20th-century Estonian sculptors 20th-century Estonian male artists People from Rapla Parish