Tõnis Vint (22 April 1942 – 22 June 2019Suri kunstnik Tõnis Vint Postimees, 22. June 2019) was an Estonian graphic artist, considered by some to have been one of the most important artists of the 1960s to 1980s in Estonia.
Biography Vint was born in Tallinn. His exhibition in the city's art museum, KUMU, continued to September 9, 2012. Alongside it, KUMU published a book, Tõnis Vint and his aesthetic universe.KUMU. Accessdate 28 Aug 2012.
Vint was influenced by the art of China and Japan, by psychoanalysis, and by comparative analysis of ornaments from different cultures.Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14, p. 615. Tallinn 2000. . (In Estonian.) Vint's frequent use of bold lines and sharp contrast has drawn comparisons to the work of Aubrey Beardsley.
References
Literature Tõnis Vint and His Aesthetic Universe. KUMU, 2012.
External links The Labyrinth and Paths of Eternal Return: the joint exhibition by Tõnis Vint and Kiwa Tõnis Vint and His Aesthetic Universe Symmetrical Worlds – Mirrored Symmetries.