DNA€9,230 · NOBA ↗
Vaade II€10,770 · NOBA ↗
1956– · Estonian painter (born 1956)
Allee galerii; Haus Galerii; NOBA; Tartu Kunstimuuseum
Trell was born in the town of Jõhvi and began painting in 1973. The period when Trell worked together with Rein Kelpmann as an advertising artist at Tallinn Food Store No. 2 (located at the corner of Sepa and Kopli streets) was the time when his handwriting as a painter took shape. He has been a member of the Estonian Artists' Association since 1986. An important impulse to paint was the psychological state of a person in the repressive Soviet society of that time. Painting was driven by the need to work through the tensions within himself in that situation. Many figurative paintings were created at that time, dominated by psychological symbolism and, beneath the layers, always Trell's characteristic irony. It is clear that in the system of that time these works reached overview exhibitions only through a serious gauntlet, and there were paintings that never reached exhibitions at all due to the jury's caution. In the late 1980s and early 1990s the artist's handwriting changed somewhat. It acquired more symbolism and abstract elements. From that time few works have survived in the homeland, since most reached and remained in Finland and elsewhere abroad. In 1992, during the Saaremaa period, the works became increasingly abstract, and among them there were only a couple of portraits. From the late 1990s a long expressive. (machine translation of the holder's Estonian text, unedited)
4 auction lots · 2 sold · 2014–2025 · €1,800 – €6,300 — as the auction houses published them; not a valuation
2 works at NOBA, €9,230–€10,770. Prices as the galleries state them.
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Similar artists — same period, media and subjects: Enno Allik · Tiina Tammetalu · Imat Suumann · Marju Bormeister · Rein Kelpman · Pille Tammela
Contemporaries in NOBA: Sandra Jõgeva · Mari Haavel · Virge Jõekalda · Andrus Rõuk · Riina Kivirüüt
By decade: 1980s · 1990s · 2010s · 2020s
By medium: Painting
Where the works are: Tartu Art Museum
| Year | Title | Technique | Dimensions | Held by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Mõtisklus sinisel toolil | Oil on canvas | 79 x 52.5 cm | Allee galerii · Sügisoksjon 2024 · Sold €1,800 |
| 1983 | Isolaatoris | oil | laius: 105.5 cm; kõrgus: 120.5 cm | Tartu Kunstimuuseum |
| 1983 | Lugu valgest majast | Oil on canvas | 100 x 79 cm | Allee galerii · Kevadoksjon 2024 · Sold €6,300 |
| 1986 | Hooaeg | oil, canvas | 131.0 x 160.0 cm | Haus Galerii · Haus Galerii XXXVI oksjon 2014 sügis · Unsold |
| 1998 | DNA | Painting | 99 x 90 cm | NOBA |
| 2014 | Vaade II | Painting | 110 x 120 cm | NOBA |
| 2021 | Interjöör | Oil, mixed technique, canvas | 70.0 x 131.5 cm | Haus Galerii · Eesti kunstiklassika oksjon, II osa · Unsold |
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