Aleksander Promet

Aleksander Promet (10 November 1879, in Kreenholm – 18 September 1938, in Tallinn) was an Estonian painter and graphic artist.

[2] Thanks to a government scholarship, he was able to continue his studies in London, but stayed only a few months before going to Paris and becoming involved in the art community there instead.

He returned home during the Estonian War of Independence, living in Petersi until 1922, then in Tõrva and finally in Paldiski, where he worked as an art teacher.

[1] Despite his association with the left-wing publisher Juhan Lilienbach [et], his art remained apolitical and he was opposed to the Neo-Romantic approach of the group "Young Estonia".

[3] Most of his works, even his landscapes, tended to focus on folklore and mythology and he produced a large series of paintings based on the national epic Kalevipoeg.