ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
However, certain trends lost their topicality and were replaced by
numerous individual approaches synthesising the classical with the modern.
Graphic art was developing rapidly, thanks initially to the works of Eduard
Wiiralt (1898-1954) whose mature, fantastic and sensual style developed during his
Paris years, 1925-1939. His style would gain international reputation and a number of
imitators. The stressed angular black-and-white contrast became obvious in drawings
and even aquarelle of Ado Vabbe.
The Estonian Drama Theatre was renovated. In 1920 the temperamental, active
and demanding Paul Sepp (1885-1943), actor, stage producer and educator (trained in
St. Petersburg), established an acting studio to cater for the demands of young and
qualified actors. In search for contemporaneity of ideas and their artistic realisation
influences came from the West. Most recognisable of these was German Expressionism
(Hugo von Hofmannstahl, Georg Kaiser and others)
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