Estonia - Andrus Johani |
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Andrus Johani (1 September 1906 – 18 August 1941) was anÂ
Estonian painter.
Johani was born inÂ
Tallinn and came of age as an artist with his friendÂ
Kaarel Liimand. They both painted and sketched scenes of daily life and traveled to the European art centers together, most notably Paris in 1937.Since 1933 he was married to the librarianÂ
Helene Johani , who later served as a director of theÂ
National Library of Estonia during the Soviet occupation (then named State Library of the Estonian SSR).He served in the defense of Tartu duringÂ
WWII. He was taken prisoner by the Germans, and executed in theÂ
Tartu prison.

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