Andrus Johani (1 September 1906 – 18 August 1941) 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. Johani was born 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 '' ...

and came of age as an artist with his friend Kaarel Liimand.2006 exhibition
in Kumu Art Museum They both painted and sketched scenes of daily life and traveled to the European art centers together, most notably Paris in 1937. Since 1933 he was married to the librarian , who later served as a director of the

National Library of Estonia The National Library of Estonia ( et, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu) is a national public institution in Estonia, which operates pursuant to the National Library of Estonia Act (). It was established as the parliamentary library () of Estonia on Decembe ...

during the Soviet occupation (then named State Library of the Estonian SSR). He served in the defense of Tartu during

WWII World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. He was taken prisoner by the Germans, and executed in the

Tartu prison Tartu prison (Estonian: ''Tartu vangla'') is a prison located in the Ropka industrial district suburb of Tartu in Estonia. The prison was designed by architect Kalle Glad, EstKONSULT and constructed by Skanska EMV. The prison was founded in 2000 ...

Gallery

TKM 0837M, Tartu äärelinnas, Andrus Johani.jpg, "Tartu äärelinnas" (1935) Mees ordenitega (K. Päts), Andrus Johani, TKM TR 1767 M 361.jpg, "Mees ordenitega ( K. Päts") (1936) Ema, Andrus Johani, EKM j 8226 M 3450.jpg, "Ema" (1936) TKM 0146A, Pariisi vaade, Andrus Johani.jpg, "Pariisi vaade" (1937) TKM 0861M, Pariisi motiiv (Maastik hobusega), Andrus Johani.jpg, "Pariisi motiiv (Maastik hobusega)" (1937) Pariisi tänavaatleedid (kavand, Andrus Johani, EKM j 19157 M 5195.jpg, "Pariisi tänavaatleedid" (1938) Rannal, Andrus Johani, EKM j 258-2 M 1185.jpg, "Rannal" (1939) TKM 0800M, Talvemaastik Tartus (Liiva tänav talvel), Andrus Johani.jpg, "Talvemaastik Tartus (Liiva tänav talvel)" (1940)

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1906 births 1941 deaths Artists from Tallinn People from the Governorate of Estonia 20th-century Estonian painters 20th-century Estonian male artists Estonian people of World War II Estonian people executed by Nazi Germany {{Estonia-painter-stub