ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
1
Eestlane ja tema kultuur (The Estonian and His Culture) (Tallinn: Perioodika, 1976) pp. 31, 33.
2
Ilmar Torn. Eesti kunsti palgejooni. Sirp ja Vasar 28 Jan. 1977.
new human type in the era of machinery. At the same time, the human being as an
individual was disappearing from the modern canvases. A group of young artists –
Ando Keskküla (1950-2008), Leonhard Lapin (b. 1947), Andres Tolts (b. 1949) and
others – calling themselves SOUP 69 had emerged, declaring that they were anti-
traditionalists. Such unbound individualism, not being decisive in any way, was willy-
nilly directed against Estonian art heritage.
Due to the sharpening political situation, a turn to symbolic and realistic style
with growing interest towards the Far East cultures can be seen: Kaljo Põllu’s (b. 1934)
graphic series Kodalased (Ancient Dwellers, 1973-1976) illustrated the primitive life of
the Finno-Ugric tribes, back to their dwelling place in the ancient past. As for the
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