12 Facts About Eduard Ole

In 1973, Ole published in Sweden his two-volume illustrated memoirs I and II.

Eduard Ole was the seventh child in a farmer's family with eight children.

Eduard Ole studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, Russia between 1914 and 1918, where he became particularly influenced by German Expressionism.

Eduard Ole returned to Estonia in 1918, when his country became independent, and worked as a theatre designer, teacher of drawing, art critic and as of 1923, as a professional artist.

In 1925 Eduard Ole had his works exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Independants organized by the Societe des Artistes Independants, to which followed a study trip to Paris in 1927, a trip that gave him fresh impulses.

In 1937 Eduard Ole made a second study trip to Paris and after the trip he continued to paint landscapes, though it can be noticed, entwined with pastel colours, an increasing drama, as if sensing the new challenges that would face him in the near future.

However, fleeing the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union in 1944, Eduard Ole moved to neutral Sweden and became a Swedish citizen in 1951.

Eduard Ole was able to visit Estonia only in 1990, shortly before the restoration of Estonian independence.

In Sweden Eduard Ole started working as illustrator for the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, taking part in a project to catalogue cultural monuments of Sweden, as well as some works of scientific nature.

Eduard Ole left his earlier calm and transcending planes of restrained colours to scintillating, vibrating, and dramatic compositions.

In 1981 Eduard Ole was granted the Culture Award of Estonians in Sweden.

Eduard Ole was buried at the Metsakalmistu in Tallinn.