Ilmar Torn

(1921–1999)

Landless and Workless. 1955

Aquatint. Plm 31.7 x 40.4 cm (framed)
price 3 600


Ilmar Torn "Landless and Workless"

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Clearly a socially critical work. When looking at the year 1955 and the man’s gaze towards the rich country house in the background, one can imagine a dramatic sense of social injustice. The graphic sheet is executed according to the ideological prescriptions of the Soviet state in both form and content – the form required of the artists was socialist realism, while the content was class war, or Marxist theory.

The concept of ‘work’ is also a key term of Marxism, on which the Soviet Union’s ideology and propaganda, flag, and coat of arms were based. The name of a specific place, Kurepalu, is written on the road sign, which is located in Kastre rural municipality in Tartu county today. It is thought that this is a scene from bourgeois Estonia, because in the Soviet Union all the land was nationalised to the state, so this man could not have owned any land. Over the decades, Ilmar Torn’s oeuvre has undergone a series of turns and changes. When the freer 1960s arrived, he painted, for example, Tulililled (Fire Flowers) (oil on masonite, 1968), which can be seen in the modern painting section of the HAUS Gallery’s spring auction. 

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Appearance in auctions

Architect
Ilmar Torn
Architect
1975. Woodcut Km 46 x 40 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN GRAPHICS Haus Gallery 06.11.2024
1 300
Final price:
Nude
Ilmar Torn
Nude
1953. Pencil, paper Lm 53.5 x 32.5 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN GRAPHICS AUCTION - 8th of May Haus Gallery 08.05.2024
900
Final price:
Listening to the Silence
Ilmar Torn
Listening to the Silence
1973. Woodcut Km 42 x 38 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN GRAPHICS AUCTION - 8th of May Haus Gallery 08.05.2024
1 300
Final price: 1 400
Artists in a Forest
Ilmar Torn
Artists in a Forest
1976. Oil pastel, paper Km 39 x 46 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION: Haus Gallery 05.05.2024
2 400
Final price: 2 400
Search
Ilmar Torn
Search
1982. Woodcut Km 40.2 x 46.1 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN GRAPHICS AUCTION Haus Gallery 08.11.2023
1 700
Final price: 4 400
Tagalaht Bay
Ilmar Torn
Tagalaht Bay
1968. Oil, cardboard 40.2 x 49.6 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION: MODERN RHYTHMS Haus Gallery 05.11.2023
2 100
Final price: 6 500
Landless and Workless
Ilmar Torn
Landless and Workless
1955. Aquatint Plm 31.7 x 40.4 cm (framed)
AUCTION OF ESTONIAN GRAPHICS AND DRAWINGS Haus Gallery 10.05.2023
800
Final price: 3 600
Fire Flowers
Ilmar Torn
Fire Flowers
1968. Oil, cardboard 53 x 45 cm (not framed)
ESTONIAN ART AUCTION - 1966 TO PRESENT Haus Gallery 07.05.2023
2 700
Final price: 3 600
Nude
Ilmar Torn
Nude
1950s. Charcoal, paper Lm 57.5 x 42 cm (framed)
GRAPHIC ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 03.11.2022
1 400
Final price: 1 500
Song
Ilmar Torn
Song
1966. Woodcut Km 46 x 41.3 cm (framed)
GRAPHIC ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 03.11.2022
950
Final price: 950
Bust
Ilmar Torn
Bust
1978. Oil pastel, masonite 31.2 x 23 cm (framed)
MODERN ART CLASSICS - Sunday, May 15th 15:00 Haus Gallery 15.05.2022
2 200
Final price: 2 200
Fisherman's Hands
Ilmar Torn
Fisherman's Hands
1958. Linocut Km 44 x 60.2 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN GRAPHIC ART AND DRAWINGS AUCTION - FALL 2021 Haus Gallery 10.11.2021
1 300
Final price:
Muld
Ilmar Torn
Muld
1967. linocut km 49 x 40 cm (not framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXVI ART AUCTION 2010 spring Haus Gallery 15.04.2010
511
Final price:
Viimane piraat
Ilmar Torn
Viimane piraat
1964. km 44.5 x 33 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXII ART AUCTION 2008 spring. Old Masters Graphics and Drawings Haus Gallery 22.04.2008
447
Final price:
(sold)"> (sold)Kaluri käed
Ilmar Torn
Kaluri käed
1958. Lino-cut Plm 43 x 60 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIII ART AUCTION, 2006 spring. Old Masters Graphics and Drawing Haus Gallery 20.04.2006
575
Final price: 991

Appearance in exhibitions

Architect
Ilmar Torn
Architect
1975. Woodcut Km 46 x 40 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION Haus Gallery 13.10.2024-06.11.2024
price: 1 300
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