Street, Board Fences and Houses

Herbert Lukk (01.11.1892-26.01.1919)

1918
Oil on canvas
23 x 35 cm

Herbert Lukk is indeed known but up to now, he has still been a completely unopened chapter in the history of Estonian art. The reason for this is certainly his small body of creative work and the fact that several works of his already small body of work (about 50 paintings of his have been mentioned) are still concealed from the public. Lukk’s small body of creative works is in turn due to his premature death: fighting in the Estonian War of Independence, Senior Sergeant Lukk fell in battle in the second year of the war at the age of 27. (Incidentally, Lukk earned a national medal for his services in the war.)
Lukk retreated from the realistically based impressionism that set the tone at that time, and he separated colour from the subject ever more boldly. Both of these works are rarities in art history.

Street, Board Fences and Houses

Herbert Lukk

Street, Board Fences and Houses

Herbert Lukk in army

Street, Board Fences and Houses

Herbert Lukk with his wife, sister and mother.

Street, Board Fences and Houses

Herbert Lukk. Self Portrait.

Street, Board Fences and Houses

August Jansen. Portrait of Herbert Lukk. 1918. Art Museum of Estonia.