Amandus Heinrich Adamson (12 November 1855, Uuga-Rätsepa, near Paldiski – 26 June, 1929, Paldiski) was an Estonian sculptor.

Life

Born into a seafaring family, Adamson excelled in wood carving as a child. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Alexander Bock between 1876 and 1881. Adamson lived and studied in Paris between 1887 and 1891 and was influenced by the works of Jules Dalou and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Works

The work of Adamson varies in style and material. He sculpted monuments in Estonia, Saint Petersburg and the Crimea, as well as allegorical figures and portraits.

• "Fisherman from the Island of Muhu" (plaster, 1892)
• "In Anxious Expectation" (bronze, 1897)
• Allegorical sculptures of Commerce, Industry, Science and Arts on façade of Eliseyev Emporium in St.Petersburg (bronze, 1902)
• "Sailors of the Ironclad warship Russalka" (monument, 1902; Tallinn)
• "Boats Lost at Sea" (monument, 1904; Sevastopol’)
• Monument to the Estonian War of Liberation (1928, destroyed 1945)
• Monument to the Estonian poetess Lydia Koidula (1929, Pärnu)

References

• Amandus Adamson, 1855-1929, by Tiina Nurk, Eesti NSV Kunst (1959)
• Amandus Adamson

External links

• Estonian postage stamp