Eerik Haamer (17 February 1908 – 4 November 1994) was an

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n painter. He was born in

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. In 1935 he graduated from

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. 1941-1944 he taught at Tallinn Applied Art School (). In 1944 he fled to Sweden. Since 1955 he was a freelance artist. He is known for his epic paintings depicting the life of people living on the seashore, or relationships between man and nature, or between man and society.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haamer, Eerik 1908 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Estonian painters 20th-century Estonian male artists Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden People from Kuressaare