(1892–1961)
Külapoes. Undated
Oil on cardboard. Vm. 39 x 60 cm
price 4 027 (sold)
Ado Vabbe is one of the few, about who it is possible to tell everything. Vabbe’s creation is too variable, too many-featured and playful for a thorough analysis. Only a couple of years after Kristjan Raud, Vabbe went to Munich to the Ažbe school of arts, achieving there the first and incurable contact with the art of painting. Later journeys in Italy and Russia only deepened the conviction that the language of art is international and the multiplicity of the world art actually opens all the possibilities for the artist. After having returned to Estonia, it was surprising that Vabbe stayed here for a longer period. As a lecturer of the legendary “Pallas” from the foundation of the school until the 1940ies, he never went to longer foreign trips. They were actually not necessary anymore, as similarily to Endel Kõks, Vabbe was able to find strength in an impressively light manner from international batteries. The present scene is a reflection of one of Vabbe’s well-known creative periods, when his favourite objects were different everyday scenes. As an artist par excellence,Vabbe continuously pulled himself out from the tight artist’s braces and looked at the world with a considerably wider look. A quite simple motif does not receive in Vabbe’s visibly subtle and light brush and coloured drawing exactly the halo of a sublime artistic scene, but it does receive humour and understanding. This is a tribute of a painting professor to everyday life, which he takes a sincere interest in and in which he sees vales that started to disappear in the 1940ies, but keeping to which Vabbe considered important. And the best that could have been done to express this was to paint a picture …
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Appearance in auctions
Ado Vabbe
Reclining Man with a Rooster
1949. Oil, cardboard 41 x 53.7 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION: Haus Gallery 04.05.2024
14 000
Final price: 30 500
Ado Vabbe
The Coast of Emajõgi with Boats
1950. Oil, cardboard 52.5 x 67.5 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION: TIMELESS VISIONS Haus Gallery 04.11.2023
19 000
Final price: 37 500
Ado Vabbe
Summery Landscape
1940s. Oil, canvas 80.2 x 63.2 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION: TIMELESS VISIONS Haus Gallery 04.11.2023
45 800
Final price:
Ado Vabbe
Nude
1940s. Oil, cardboard 52.5 x 46 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 29.10.2022
15 000
Final price: 15 000
Ado Vabbe
Standing Woman
1940-1950s. Charcoal, paper Lm 28.6 x 20 cm (framed)
GRAPHICS AND DRAWINGS - Monday, May 16th 18:00 Haus Gallery 16.05.2022
900
Final price: 900
Ado Vabbe
Landscape With Sailboats
1928. Oil, cardboard 43.3 x 57 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS - Saturday, May 14th 15:00 Haus Gallery 14.05.2022
15 300
Final price: 28 300
Ado Vabbe
Summer Landscape With Trees and the Sea
1953-1956. Watercolour, paper vm 33.7 x 28 cm (framed)
EESTI VANEMA KUNSTI KLASSIKA OKSJON Haus Gallery 07.05.2021
3 100
Final price: 5 400
Ado Vabbe
Male and Female Nude
1940s. Charcoal, paper Km 57 x 40.5 cm (framed)
AUTUMN 2020 Haus Gallery 30.10.2020
1 900
Final price: 4 000
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Ado Vabbe
Karksi motiiv
1944. oil, paper on cardboard 44.5 x 52.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY'S AUTUMN AUCTION 2019 Haus Gallery 04.10.2019-31.10.2019
8 500
Final price: 20 700
Ado Vabbe
Naisakt tumedal taustal
1956-1961. 1 48 x 52 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XLI AUCTION. SPRING 2017 Haus Gallery 04.04.2017-30.11.1999
4 900
Final price:
Ado Vabbe
Lamav naisakt kollase lehvikuga
1944-1950. oil on paper lm 37.2 x 50.8 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXXIX AUCTION 2016 spring Haus Gallery 30.03.2016
3 900
Final price:
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Ado Vabbe
Maastik raudteesillaga
1910-1920. watercolor, gouache on cardboard vm 19.5 x 29.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XVIII AUCTION autumn Haus Gallery 08.10.2015-30.11.1999
1 500
Final price: 1 725
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Ado Vabbe
Külapoes
1945-1960. oil on cardboard vm 39.5 x 65.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XVIII AUCTION autumn Haus Gallery 08.10.2015-30.11.1999
3 200
Final price:
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Ado Vabbe
Suvila lipuvardaga
1931-1939. watercolor lm 34.7 x 26.5 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 08.11.2010-10.11.2010
895
Final price: 895
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Ado Vabbe
Kompositsioon kolme kujuga
1944-1950. oil on paper lm 37.6 x 56.4 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 08.11.2010-10.11.2010
2 365
Final price:
Ado Vabbe
Linnavaade televisioonimastiga
1960. mixed media lm 50.7 x 55.2 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXV ART AUCTION 2009 autumn Haus Gallery 27.10.2009
1 981
Final price:
Ado Vabbe
Figuurid linna foonil
1913. inc, coloured pencil km 19.5 x 25.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXIV ART AUCTION 2009 spring Haus Gallery 28.04.2009
895
Final price:
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Ado Vabbe
Järve kaldal
1945. 43.8 x 55.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXIII ART AUCTION 2008 autumn. Old Masters Paintings Haus Gallery 01.10.2008
3 451
Final price: 18 023
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Ado Vabbe
Puud maantee ääres
1948. Lm 54.8 x 49.5 cm (not framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXIII ART AUCTION 2008 autumn. Old Masters Paintings Haus Gallery 01.10.2008
3 068
Final price: 9 651
Ado Vabbe
Kolm graatsiat
Undated. Oil, cardboard 56 x 53.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XX ART AUCTION, 2007 spring Old Masters Paintings Haus Gallery 15.04.2007-24.04.2007
4 985
Final price: 4 985
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Ado Vabbe
Vaade tänavale
1922. Water-colours Lm. 42 x 30 cm
HAUS GALLRY XIX ART AUCTION, 2006 autumn. Old Masters Painting Haus Gallery 24.10.2006
1 023
Final price: 1 630
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Ado Vabbe
Kaljuse talu ümbrus
1956. Oil on cardboard 48 x 72 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIIth ART AUCTION, 2005 autumn Haus Gallery 20.10.2005
2 748
Final price: 5 432
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Ado Vabbe
Külapoes
Undated. Oil on cardboard Vm. 39 x 60 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVth ART AUCTION, 2004 autumn Haus Gallery 21.10.2004
2 684
Final price: 4 026
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Ado Vabbe
Arsti juures
1959. Gouache, paper 54 x 50 cm
HAUS GALLERY XIVth ART AUCTION, 2004 spring Haus Gallery 04.04.2004
3 132
Final price: 3 132
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Ado Vabbe
Mehed ja hobused
1940. Oil on cardboard 43 x 54 cm
HAUS GALLERY XIIIth ART AUCTION 2003 autumn Haus Gallery 23.10.2003
4 346
Final price: 4 346
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Ado Vabbe
Maastik
1950. 12 x 20 cm
HAUS / X AUCTION, 2002 spring Haus Gallery 09.05.2002
352
Final price: 352
Ado Vabbe
Maastik roosaga
1930. Vm. 15 x 21 cm
HAUS / X AUCTION, 2002 spring Haus Gallery 09.05.2002
831
Final price:
Ado Vabbe
Mullavere
1952. Water-colour 28 x 39 cm
HAUS / VI AUCTION, 2000 spring Haus Gallery 27.04.2000
1 406
Final price:
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Ado Vabbe
Muusad
1948. Oil, paper 46 x 56 cm
HAUS / V AUCTION, 1999 autumn Haus Gallery 12.10.1999
1 662
Final price: 3 611
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Ado Vabbe
SEISEV NAINE
1950. 16 x 10 cm (not framed)
HAUS / II AUCTION, 1998 spring Haus Gallery 25.05.1998
77
Final price: 77
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Ado Vabbe
SEISEV NAINE MAASTIKUL
1950. 15 x 10 cm (not framed)
HAUS / II AUCTION, 1998 spring Haus Gallery 25.05.1998
77
Final price: 115
Appearance in exhibitions
Ado Vabbe
In the Interior
1923. Gouache, paper Vm 42 x 32 cm (framed)
WORKS FROM TWO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Haus Gallery 15.02.2023-13.03.2023
Ado Vabbe
Landscape
1943. Oil, paper Vm 49 x 44.5 cm (framed)
WORKS FROM TWO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Haus Gallery 15.02.2023-13.03.2023
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Ado Vabbe
Karksi motiiv
1944. oil, paper on cardboard 44.5 x 52.5 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY'S AUTUMN AUCTION Haus Gallery 04.10.2019-31.10.2019
price: 8 500
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