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Hugo Treffner

Kanepi 1845 - Tartu 1912
founder and first director of the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in Tartu and an important figure in the Estonian national awakening.
(Wikipedia)

Mati Karmin
1997

Description

Bronze statue of Hugo Treffner holding a building in his hands and standing in front of granite 'book'. The left page of the book shows the text gymnasium treffnerianum hic situm fuit ab anno mdccclxxxvi ad annum mcmxix (The Treffner Gymnasium stood here from 1886 to 1919). The right page has a bronze relief which characterizes Hugo Treffnerit and Tartu - geese (world wide roads, open-minded), farm (Estonianness and traditions), St. John's Church and Tartu University.

Signature

Karmin 1996

Annotation

The architect of the monument is T. Trummal.

Sculptor

Mati Karmin (Tartu 1959), Estonian sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Tartu, Kultuuriväärtusega asjade ja -mälestiste register, Ajalugu.

Locatie (N 58°22'54" - E 26°43'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ee089; Photograph: 8 July 2013
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