Enn Roos (20 September 1908 – 15 July 1990) was an

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n sculptor. He was a member of the Artists Society Pallas and a founding member of the Estonian Artists Association. Roos studied in the studios of

Ants Laikmaa Ants Laikmaa (5 May 1866 – 19 November 1942) was an Estonian painter.lla Rosenfeld, Norton T. Dodge, Jane Voorhees, ''Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression Under the Soviets, 1945-1991'', Rutgers University Press, ...

from 1926 to 1928 and

Jaan Koort Jaan Koort (6 November 1883, Sootaga Parish (Äksi), Tartu – 14 October 1935 in Moscow) was an Estonian sculptor, painter and ceramicist. Born on 6 November in Tartu, he was the thirteenth child of village farmers Susanna-Marie and Jaan Koo ...

from 1927 to 1928. In 1935 he was accepted into the

Pallas Art School Pallas University of Applied Sciences ( et, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas) is a university of applied sciences that provides art education in Tartu, Estonia. It was founded on 1 August 2000. The university is situated in Karlova. The rector is Va ...

where he was greatly influenced by Anton Starkopf. Roos was a long time

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in the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR. From 1962 to 1977 he was the head of the department of sculpture. Roos is known by his portrait, female nude and animal sculptures. Notable public works include ''Bear'' (1939) in the Hirvepark in

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(1939), ''Lynx'' (1983) in

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Roos' most known piece is the ''Monument to the Liberators of Tallinn'' (1947) commonly known as the

Bronze Soldier The Bronze Soldier ( et, Pronkssõdur, russian: Бронзовый солдат, ''Bronzovyj soldat'') is the informal name of a controversial Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which w ...

Co-author architect

Arnold Alas Arnold Alas (known as Arnold Hoffart until 1939; 1 July 1911 – 20 April 1990) was an Estonian landscape architect and artist. Alas was born in Tapa, and died, aged 78, in Tallinn. He is most known for his work on the World War II memorial ensem ...

. In 2007 relocation of the statue from the center of Tallinn to the nearby military graveyard led to rioting and looting of Russian nationalists the so called

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and the

2007 cyberattacks on Estonia Beginning on 27 April 2007, a series of cyberattacks targeted websites of Estonian organizations, including Estonian parliament, banks, ministries, newspapers and broadcasters, amid the country's disagreement with Russia about the relocation of th ...

a wide spread cyber attacks against Estonian digital infrastructure. Although artistically unnotable it is remarkable among the Soviet war statues as instead of the common heroic posture it depicts a mourning soldier standing with his head looking down.Common grave for and a memorial to Red Army soldiers on Tõnismägi, Tallinn (PDF file)(Word file)
Historical statement, compiled by Peeter Kaasik, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, 2006. (Estonian language version
Tallinnas Tõnismäel asuv punaarmeelaste ühishaud ja mälestusmärk
)
p. 15: Arnold Alas and Enn Roos

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roos, Enn 1908 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Estonian sculptors 20th-century Estonian male artists Soviet sculptors Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Arts