Paul Burman

Paul Burman (28 February 1888 in Kamianets-Podilskyi – 3 June 1934 in Tallinn) was an Estonian painter and graphic artist of Baltic German descent.

From 1907 until 1908, he was an external student (Estonian: vabakuulaja) at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.

[1] In the initial period of his work, he mainly painted and drew animal and nature pictures, landscapes and still lifes.

He also created some portraits, drawings, etchings, woodcuts and illustrated children's books (Koduloomad and Metsloomad, 1912).

Many of his works were destroyed in a fire during World War II, but many of them survived in various private collections.