The display centres on the ten people who signed the first statutes of the Art Society Pallas on 21 January 1918: Aleksander Tassa, Konrad Mägi, Auguste Pärn, Alma Johanson (neé Koskel), Johannes Einsild, Voldemar Kangro-Pool, Klara (Claire) Holst, Marie Reisik, Mart Pukits and Ado Vabbe. Some of these people were well known in those days and still are, while others were and remain obscure or realised themselves in some other field besides art. An eleventh man – Friedebert Tuglas – can be added to the ten, although his signature is missing from the statutes for an unknown reason, yet he was involved in the establishment of the society. From the time of the restoration of the Pallas, we have picked six artists, personae and carriers of the Palladian thought and spirit on both sides of the Iron Curtain through the occupation years into the new liberation: Ann Audova, Linda Kits-Mägi, Karin Luts, Alfred Kongo, Eduard Rüga and Voldemar Vaga.

Photo: Stanislav Stepaško