Large Quiet Road — the Forgotten Art of the Estonian Sculptor August Timus

Authors

  • Kersti Kuldna Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia Author
  • Ekaterina S. Khmelnitskaya The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Author

Keywords:

August Timus, porcelain, sculpture, Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg emigration, Estonia

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the main works of Estonian sculptor August Timus who was the chief sculptor of the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg at the turn of the 19th ‒ 20th cc. A special attention is paid to the work of the sculptor after 1917 when he had to leave Russia and return to Estonia.

Author Biographies

  • Kersti Kuldna, Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
    Kulnda, Kersti. Estonian Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curator
  • Ekaterina S. Khmelnitskaya, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
    Khmelnitskaya, Ekaterina S. Ph.D., Th e State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, department of Russian Culture, curator of porcelain collection

References

Лис Патрикеич / пер. В.С. Лихачева // Мир искусства. ‒ 1900. ‒ № 11–12. ‒ C. 3‒8.

Каверзнев В. Охота в русском искусстве // Охотник. ‒ 1927. ‒ № 8. ‒ C. 28‒34.

A. Timus // Kodu. 1921. November. № 14. Lk. 4‒14.

Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900 à Paris. Rapports du jury international, gr. XII, cl. 72. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1902‒1906, pp. 24‒76.

Kivinukk А. Eesti sõjalised autasud ja rinnamärgid, 1918–1940. Tallinn, 2005. 464 lk.

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Published

2013-10-11

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Section

Russian Art in the 18–20th Centuries

How to Cite

Kuldna, K., & Khmelnitskaya, E. S. (2013). Large Quiet Road — the Forgotten Art of the Estonian Sculptor August Timus. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art, 3, 303–307. https://publ.actual-art.org/aptha/article/view/10138