Jaan Klõšeiko at the HeadRead festival on 2 June 2013

Jaan Klõšeiko (10 September 1939, Tallinn – 21 December 2016, Tallinn) was an Estonian printmaker and photographer.

Klõšeiko graduated from Tallinn Secondary School No. 22 in 1958. He continued his studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts and graduated in 1964 with a specialty in graphic arts.[1]

Klõšeiko worked at the publishing houses Valgus and Eesti Raamat, at the magazine Noorus and at the newspaper Televisioon. He was the head designer of Kunst in 1975. He also designed soundboard covers, worked as a photographer and captured cultural history events and people of culture, and the like. He participated in art and photo exhibitions from 1965, and was a member of the Estonian Artists' Union from 1979 to his death.[1]

Klõšeiko was a signatory of the Letter of 40 intellectuals in 1980.

Klõšeiko died on 21 December 2016 and was later buried at Metsakalmistu.[1]

Awards

Further reading

  • Rein Loodus. Klõšeiko, Jaan, graafik. Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon. Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus. Tallinn 1996.

References

  1. 1 2 3 ERR. "Suri graafik ja fotograaf Jaan Klõšeiko | Kunst". ERR. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bearer of decorations: Jaan Klõšeiko (WS)". Estonian State Decorations. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bearer of decorations: Jaan Klõšeiko (Riigi)". Estonian State Decorations. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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