Hannes Starkopf

Hannes Starkopf (January 7, 1965 – August 19, 2021) was an Estonian sculptor.

[1][3][2] Starkopf worked as a lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts from 1993 onward, and he became the head of the Department of General Sculpture in 1995.

[1] As a student, Starkopf restored two of Anton Starkopf's War of Independence monuments in 1988, recarving the angel statue of the Ambla War of Independence Monument[1][4] and restoring the bronze reliefs of the Türi War of Independence Monument.

[1] His public sculptures include a painted bronze angel statue in the courtyard of Gustavus Adolphus High School (2005), a bust of Gustavus Adolphus for the interior (2006), and the Albert Uustulnd Monument in Kuressaare (2015).

[1][5] His brother is the medical researcher Joel Starkopf [et].