OUR HISTORY
Estonia is a small nation within the global community. With a population of only 1.4 million, it has existed for over 9000 years on the Baltic Sea just south of Finland.
Toronto Estonian Virtual Art Gallery
This website is dedicated to all of the 80,000 (about 10% of the population) emigrés who had to leave their homeland of Estonia with their families between 1940-1944.
With over 5000 works of art. It has become difficult to find a suitable home for these rich historic artworks. The majority of the works on display and for sale on this website are from Mai Vomm Järve’s collection (predominantly works from the Society of Estonian Artists in Toronto-EKKT members).
Our Artists
Evald J. Woitk
Founding member of EKKT. Twice elected President (1958-60) and (1969-90) or a total of 25 years.
Tauno Kangro
Sculptor Tauno Kangro was born on May 25th 1966 in Tallinn. Kangro began to study art already in his school days, at Kalju Reitel’s Sculpture Studio.
Joann Saarniit
Upon his arrival in Canada with the help of the Canadian Red Cross in Halifax, Nova Scotia he organized the first independent exhibition by an Estonian artist in Canada.
Aksel Tamme
From 1945-50 primarily active as a graphic artist and painter. Exhibited in Finland, where he gained recognition for his illustration of A. Kivi’s work, in Sweden until 1950.