Paraphrase E
Paraphrase E is one of a series of avant-garde drawings called paraphrases by Ado Vabbe in the Tartu Art Museum.[1]
| Paraphrase E | |
|---|---|
| Estonian: Parafraas E | |
 (image viewable via museum record) | |
| Artist | Ado Vabbe |
| Year | 1914 |
| Type | pastel on paper |
| Dimensions | 30.5 cm × 37.5 cm (12.0 in × 14.8 in) |
| Location | Tartu Art Museum, Tartu |
The drawing shows a set of lines that act as partial contours of possible images, such as faces and the rear end of a horse. Ado Vabbe was the first to bring abstraction to Estonia after studying with Vassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc in Munich during the years 1911-1923. The German Expressionist Group Der Blaue Reiter was to have a great influence on his own work, and his "paraphrases" influenced young artists in Estonia.[2]
References
- museum record
- Ado Vabbe discussed by Eda Sepp in Estonian Non-conformist art from the Soviet occupation in 1944 to Perestroika, Chapter 2 in Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression under the Soviets, 1945-1991, edited by Jane Voorhees, Alla Rosenfeld and Norton T. Dodge, exhibition catalog Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2001/2002, ISBN 978-0813530420
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