- Amandus Adamson
Amandus Heinrich Adamson (
12 November 1855 , Uuga-Rätsepa, nearPaldiski –26 June ,1929 , Paldiski) was anEstonia nsculptor .Life
Born into a seafaring family, Adamson excelled in wood carving as a child. He studied at the
Imperial Academy of Arts underAlexander Bock between 1876 and 1881. Adamson lived and studied inParis between 1887 and 1891 and was influenced by the works ofJules Dalou andJean-Baptiste Carpeaux Works
The work of Adamson varies in style and material. He sculpted monuments in Estonia,
Saint Petersburg and theCrimea , as well as allegorical figures and portraits.* "Fisherman from the Island of
Muhu " (plaster, 1892)
* "In Anxious Expectation" (bronze, 1897)
* Allegorical sculptures of Commerce, Industry, Science and Arts on façade ofEliseyev Emporium in St.Petersburg (bronze, 1902)
* "Sailors of the Ironclad warship "Russalka"" (monument, 1902; Tallinn)
* "Boats Lost at Sea" (monument, 1904;Sevastopol ’)
* Monument to the Estonian War of Liberation (1928, destroyed 1945)
* Monument to the Estonian poetessLydia Koidula (1929, Pärnu)References
* Amandus Adamson, 1855-1929, by Tiina Nurk, Eesti NSV Kunst (1959)
* [http://www.mg.edu.ee/comenius/index.php?show=9&lang=ENG&page=tallinn Amandus Adamson]External links
* [http://www.post.ee/?id=1595&product_id=816&c_tpl=1019 Estonian postage stamp]
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