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First Art Exhibition in the Estonian Wikipedia is now opened
ByFirst Art Exhibition in the Estonian Wikipedia
In the early days of August an exhibition The decisive years prior to Independence: Moments from the Estonian art of 1914–18 was opened as a part of Europeana project. It contains works from both of Tartu Art Museum and Art Museum of Estonia, and therefore carries on the cooperation with TARTMUS and marks the start of cooperation with Art Museum of Estonia.
Merli-Triin Eiskop, a curator of collections of TARTMUS, has said that she is glad for the supportive and active collaboration from the side of Wikimedia Eesti. She believes that this kind of format helps to spread the knowledge both inside Estonian and abroad about the art classics that the Estonian museums have in their collection. "Both museums made an independent selection of works and that has formed an interesting mosaic - a glimpse into a fascinating period in the Estonian art and history."
- Example images from the exhibition
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Herbert Lukk. Haystacks (1914)
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Välko Tuul. Viking Ships (1915)
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Konrad Mägi. Landscape from Estonia (1915–16)
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Jaan Koort. Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1916)
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Balder Tomasberg. Heroic Landscape (1916)
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Johannes Einsild. Otepää landscape (1917)
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Aleksander Uurits. Portrait of a Lady (1917)
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Herbert Lukk. Self-Portrait (1918)
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Kuno Veeber. Potato Harvesters (1918)