Paul Raud ( in Kirikuküla,

Viru-Jaagupi Viru-Jaagupi is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 Finlan ...

Parish – 22 November 1930 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

) was an

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n painter.

Life and works

The twin brother of painter

Kristjan Raud Kristjan Raud (22 October 1865, Kirikuküla, Vinni Parish – 19 May 1943, Tallinn) was an Estonian symbolist painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Estonian National Museum. Folklore elements figure heavily in his subject m ...

, he studied at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová ...

beginning in 1886, becoming influenced by the work of

Eduard von Gebhardt Franz Karl Eduard von Gebhardt (13 June 1838 – 3 February 1925) was a Baltic German painter of portraits and historical scenes, and a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Biography He was born to Ferdinand Theodor von Gebhardt (1803� ...

. He is associated with the

Düsseldorf school of painting The Düsseldorf school of painting is a term referring to a group of painters who taught or studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Academy (now the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf or Düsseldorf State ...

. After his return to Estonia, he painted mainly portrait commissions for some time, before traveling with his brother and

Amandus Adamson Amandus Heinrich Adamson (12 November 1855 in Uuga-Rätsepa, near Paldiski, Estonia, then Russian Empire — 26 June 1929 in Paldiski, Estonia) was an Estonian sculptor and painter. Life Born into a seafaring family, Adamson excelled in wood ca ...

to the islands of

Muhu Muhu (also called Muhumaa in Estonian), is an island in the West Estonian archipelago of the Baltic Sea. With an area of it is the third largest island belonging to Estonia, after Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. Together with neighbouring smaller is ...

and Pakri in 1896. His works of this period are reminiscent of those of

Max Liebermann Max Liebermann (20 July 1847 – 8 February 1935) was a German painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of Impressionism in Germany and continental Europe. In addition to his activity as an artist, he also assembled an important ...

. In 1899 he returned to work in

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, taking on some of the stylistic trappings of

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; this, coupled with time spent working with Ilya Repin, influenced his later style. Later in his career, most especially during and after

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, he began to teach, from 1915 working as a drawing instructor at the Tallinn Institute of Commerce and from 1923 at the State School of Industrial Art in Tallinn. Paul Raud is represented with works in the

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Gallery

File:Paul raud poolakt.jpg, Semi-nude (1893) File:Paul Raud Rakvere kalmistu.jpg, At the Rakvere Cemetery (1895) File:Muhu Church by Paul Raud.jpg,

Church (1898) File:Paul Raud Self-Portrait with a Hat.jpg, Self-Portrait with a Hat (1900) File:Raud paul - magav kass.jpg, Sleeping cat (1908) File:PAUL RAUD 1910 Pargitee.jpg, A Road in a Park (1910) File:Paul raud lilleniit.jpg, Field of flowers (1906–1911) File:Raud paul Muhu rauk.jpg, An Old Man from

Island (1911) File:Paul raud poolakt01.jpg, Half Nude (1911) File:Raud paul mees soldatiriietuses.jpg, Man in Military Uniform (c. 1911) File:Jaan Poska portrait by Paul Raud.jpg, Portrait of

Jaan Poska Jaan Poska VR III/1 (; , Laiusevälja, Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia – 7 March 1920, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian barrister and politician. Early life Poska was born the fifth of 12 children of a Russian Orthodox parish school ...

(1929)

External links

"From one Century to the Next: Exhibition of works by Kristjan and Paul Raud in Kumu Art Museum June 22–October 8, 2006
information folder from the Art Museum of Estonia
Works by Paul Raud
at the Art Museum of Estonia

References

Biography
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