Albert Eskel

1922–1975 · Estonian sculptor (1922-1975)
Eesti Ajaloomuuseum; Eesti Kunstimuuseum; Tartu Kunstimuuseum; Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus

trained at Estonian Academy of Arts

Albert Eskel (1922–1975) applied a recognisably distinctive modernist formal language in the 1960s, both in portraits, figural compositions and monumental work. A large part of his bronze sculptures existing today were only cast in the precious material after the author's death. His portrait work, which was cast in bronze already during the author's lifetime, is characterised by a rich nuance of surface treatment and a good sense of the possibilities of the material. He has mostly cut the portraits very low, excluding the neck area, leaving the modelling occasionally deliberately rough. Among the figural compositions there are music-themed compositions marking the era, some of which are also executed in coarse-textured chamotte. All his work of the 1960s is characterised by a striving for forceful expressiveness, the form is laconic and remarkably monumental in overall effect. Among his monuments, the best known is the monument to Eduard Vilde in Tallinn (1965), but he has also created a series of memorial plaques and gravestones. (machine translation of the holder's Estonian text, unedited)

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Similar artists — same period, media and subjects: Linda Rosin · Lembit Tolli · Juta Eskel · Robert Rannast · Aime Jürjo · Georgi Markelov

Also trained at Estonian Academy of Arts: Eduard Wiiralt · Evald Okas · Andrus Johani · Johann Naha · Leonhard Lapin

Contemporaries in Eesti Kunstimuuseum: Leili Muuga · Ester Roode · Vytautas Kaušinis · Tiiu Reisaar · Olga Terri

By decade: 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
By medium: Sculpture
Where the works are: Art Museum of Estonia · Tartu Art Museum · Estonian History Museum · Under and Tuglas Literature Centre

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