Eesti kunsti oksjonid
Arville Puström-Uus “Kodu kaskede all”
Sügisoksjon 2025
Oil on canvas, pasted on cardboard.
Signature: A. Puström-Uus
| Measurements | 50,5 x 61 cm |
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| Starting price | 1 300 € |
| Number of bids | 1 |
| Hammer price | 1 300 € |
Arville Puström-Uus (1921-2014), originally from Tallinn, began studying art under Elmar Kits and Juhan Nõmmik at Pallas, but her studies were interrupted by the war. She received a diploma as a painter as a refugee from the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts (1946-1949), after which she moved to the USA, where she mainly painted landscapes and flowers.
This view of a summer in Estonia is imbued with nostalgia and longing for the homeland – after all, both home and her loved ones were left behind. Artist Mauri Gross has called it “romantic naivety”, the fruit of artistic freedom, symbolism and the subconscious. A farmyard lined with trees, with lush flowers growing and a housewife busy with chores, is a clear allusion to the good old days of Estonia.
Text: Katre Palm