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Ado Lill

1932-2018

Painter and printmaker Ado Lill graduated from the University of Tartu in 1957 as a lawyer, from 1951 to 1952, he was tutored by Allex Kütt at the preparation courses at State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR. Lill was an autodidact but rapidly became an important abstract painter nonetheless. He was also making prints. In 1995, he was awarded with Kristjan Raud Art Prize. Ado Lill’s art is contradictory: his painting style has boldness and roughness, sharp and powerful colors in stark contrasts, nevertheless, Lill’s themes are very gentle. Erotic nude drawing and painting, which Lill was the master of, call for certain softness and delicacy. Lill connected these two paths into a unique synthesis. Ado Lill’s works can be found in many museums’ collections.

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EDUCATION:

1952 – 1957  Tartu University, law
 
MEMBERSHIP :

1992  Estonian Painters\' Association
1988  Estonian Artists\' Association


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2001  Tea House. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2001  Art Hall of the Estonian Parliament, Tallinn
2000  Lava and Ash. Art Gallery of Hansabank, Tallinn
2000  Heures belles. Raatuse Gallery, Tallinn
1999  Haapsalu Town Gallery, Estonia
1998  City Gallery, Tallinn
1997  Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
1997  Raatuse Gallery, Tallinn
1995  Tokko & Arrak Gallery, Tallinn
1994  The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
1993  Tokko & Arrak Gallery, Tallinn
1992  Gallery Luum, Tallinn
1992  Gallery G, Tallinn
1991  Gallery Arttur, Heinola, Finland
1990  Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
1985  Gallery of the Tallinn Art Hall
1976  Tallinn Art Hall II fl Exhibition Room


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2003  Estonian Art Raster 8. Tartu Art Museum
2003  Estonian–Lithuanian Painting Exhibition “Inside”. Pärnu Concert Hall
2002  Art-Delicacy. Gallery Magnon, Tallinn
2002  Triologue. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn
2001  Nordic and Baltic Painting Biennial. Väsby Art Hall, Upplands Väsby, Sweden
2000 Estonian Art at the Turn of the Millenium. Tallinn Art Hall; German Ministry of
          Foreign Affairs, Berlin
2000  AIDS in Culture. Loss of Immunity in Art. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn
2000  Déjà vu. Tallinn Art Hall
1999  In the Memory of 20th Century Artist. The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
1999  Estonian Painting 1999. Tallinn Art Hall
1998  Estonian Painting 1998. Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn
1997 Windows and Views. Borchette International Congress Center, Brussels, Belgium
1997  Sydney; House on Hunter, Morpeth (Australia)
1997  Estonian Art of the 70ies. Tartu Art Museum, Kivisilla Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
1996  Tallinn – Moscow 1956–1985. Joint exhibition of Estonian and Russian
          unofficial art. Tallinn Art Hall
1996  International Triennial of Painting - Sofia\'96, Bulgaria
1996 Estonian Art from the Lambert Grasern Collection. Galerie \"Altesse\", Liechtenstein
1996  Abstraction and Abstraction. Tallinn Art Hall
1995 Paintings by Ado Lill, Valeri Vinogradov, Mari Kurismaa, Rein Kelpman, Jüri Kask.
          Tallinn Art Hall
1994  Revenues 1990 – 1994. The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
1994  Estonian Art – Contemporary Prints. Susan MacColl Studio, Edinburgh, Scotland
1993  Estonian Paintings from 1970 – 1990. Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
1992  Artport Viitasaari, Finland
1991, 1992  Gallery \"Camille\", Upplands Vasby, Sweden
1991  Collection Villa\'ny, Fiedler Haus, Memmingen, Germany
1991  Baltic Gallery, Treport, France
1990  Art on Myth. Gallery \"Kromski Val\", Moscow, Russia
1990  15 Estonian Artists. Gallery \"GKM\", Malmo, Sweden
1989  Russian and Contemporary Soviet Avangard. Ville de Ulis, France
1988  Following the Idea of Avant-garde. The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
1988  Abstractionism in Estonian Art. Tartu Art Museum, Estonia
1987  Baltic Painting Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania
1983  Ljubljana Print Biennial, Slovenia
1977  The Spring Review Exhibition of Tallinn Artists, Tallinn Art Hall


PRIZES:

2000  Annual prize of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
1998  Painting prize of Saku Brewery Company, Estonia
1995  Kristjan Raud annual art award, Estonia
1994  Tokko & Arrak Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia - annual prize
1987  Baltic Painting Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania - Diploma


WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:

Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
The Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
Bank of Estonia, Hansabank, Optivabank, Estonia
Tallinn Trade Center, Tallinn, Estonia
Private collections in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, USA, Australia

 

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