Kristjan Teder
Appearance
Kristjan Teder (30 June 1901 – 2 April 1960) was an Estonian painter.[1]
Teder was born in Priipalu (now Valga Parish), in the Kreis Dorpat of the Governorate of Livonia. As a teenager, he was a soldier in the Estonian War of Independence. From 1919-1925 he studied at Pallas Art School under the guidance of Konrad Mägi and Ado Vabbe. From 1926 until 1928, he studied in Paris.[1]
Since 1945, he was a member of the onian Artists' Union.[1] Many of his paintings depict some kind of flowers, but he also painted landscapes, dnd portraits.[1]
Teder died in Tartu in 1960, aged fifty-nine.[1]
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