Aleksander Ipsberg

1909–1944 · Estonian sculptor (1909-1944)
Eesti Kunstimuuseum; Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum; Virumaa Muuseumid

trained at Atelier School of Ants Laikmaa · trained at Estonian Academy of Arts · trained at Pallas

Estonian actor, director and theatre manager, studied at the Tallinn town school, graduated in 1916 as an external student from Tallinn Secondary School. Continued his training in 1908 at Emanuel Reicher's theatre courses in Berlin, later went on study trips to Petersburg, Paris and Brussels. Was a clerk at the Tallinn district court and city administration 1899–1906 and acted in Estonia's amateur drama troupe and in 1906 also at the Tallinn German Theatre. Was one of the founders of the professional Estonia (1906) and directed and acted there until 1914. In 1910, together with Theodor Altermann, published the journal Näitelava. Performed in the summer of 1913 at the Kiel City Theatre and in 1914–15 at the theatres of Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Saratov and the Nikitsky Theatre in Moscow. Served 1915–20 as a military official (captain) in Tallinn, also acted at Estonia at the same time, and was 1918–21 commandant, actor and director of the Drama Theatre and 1921–22 its director. Worked 1922–23, 1927–41 and 1944–49 at Estonia, founded in 1923 the People's Theatre bearing his own name, and led it until 1927. Occasionally also acted 1919–39 at the Tallinn Russian Theatre, Endla, Ugala, Vanemuine, Narva Theatre and Kuressaare Theatre. Was mobilised as a reserve officer into the Red Army in 1941, and in 1942–44 belonged to the State Art Ensembles of the Estonian SSR. Has performed in radio plays, cabaret, variety programmes and film (Dollarid, 1929, K. Märska Filmproduktsioon; Elu tsitadellis, 1947, Lenfilm). (machine translation of the holder's Estonian text, unedited)

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Teachers, pupils, circle

Circle: Pallas · Ants Laikmaa's studio school

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Skulptuur Jakob Liiv
1929 · Virumaa MuuseumidMehe portree
1940 · Eesti KunstimuuseumPaul Pinna
1940 · Eesti Kunstimuuseum

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Similar artists — same period, media and subjects: Garibaldi Pommer · Marie Kalmus · August Vomm · Johannes Hirv · Aleksander Kaasik · Voldemar Mellik

Also trained at Atelier School of Ants Laikmaa: Märt Laarman · Paul Burman · Oskar Kallis · Johannes Võerahansu · Nikolai Triik

Also trained at Pallas: Richard Sagrits · Andrus Johani · Romulus Tiitus · Karin Luts · Ernst Hallop

Contemporaries in Eesti Kunstimuuseum: Natalie Mei · Jaan Grünberg · Johannes Greenberg · Richard Kivit · Herman Halliste

By decade: 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
By medium: Sculpture
Where the works are: Art Museum of Estonia · Virumaa Museums · Estonian Theatre and Music Museum

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