Eesti kunsti oksjonid
August Pulst “Sirel koduakna all”
Kevadoksjon 2025
Oil on cardboard. 1915.
Signature: A Pulst 1915 / Sirel koduakna all Aug. Pulst 1889 õli papil 1915 34×25
| Measurements | 34 x 25 cm |
|---|---|
| Starting price | 2 600 € |
| Number of bids | 14 |
| Hammer price | 4 900 € |
August Pulst (1889-1977) has roots in Pärnu County, near the oldest settlement in Estonia, Pulli. He spent his childhood and youth on the Mäelta farm in the village of Päästale, Tori Parish, where he painted his first oil painting in 1910. The following year, Pulst entered the Riga City Art School where he studied under some of the most renowned painters in Latvia.
Among the pieces from his student years (1911-15), we find primarily drawings and oil paintings, including Tori motifs. These mostly brightly colored paintings are painted with broad, rhythmic brushstrokes, as is “A lilac under the window”, which was most likely completed shortly after he graduated. Having just returned from Riga, the fragrant lilacs blooming in the yard of his home farm seemed like a kind of symbol of happiness and a sense of home.
The work is reproduced in the monograph “August Pulst as an Artist” published in 2025, page 45.
Text: Mai Levin