Ivo Lill

Estonian glass artist (1953–2019)

Ivo Lill (24 June 1953 – 4 August 2019)^[1] was an Estonian glass artist.

Early life and education

Ivo Lill was born in Tallinn to Felix Lill and Asta Lill (née Multer). His father was arrested by Soviet authorities and spent several years sentenced to forced labor in the gulag system in Siberia, but was able to later return to the family.^[2] Lill was the youngest child of three siblings; he had two older sisters, Kadri, and actress Mari Lill. Lill grew up and attended schools in the district of Nõmme and spent time visiting his grandmother on the island of Saaremaa. His niece is actress Elisabet Reinsalu.^[2]

Lill was a 1985 graduate of the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn and worked almost exclusively in the medium of glass sculpting and design. He was a member of the Estonian Artists' Association, G.A.S. (The Glass Art Society) of Seattle, U.S.A., and the Centro Studio Vetro, of Murano-Venice, Italy.^[3]

Works in public collections

Art Museum of Estonia - Tallinn, Estonia^[3]
Estonian Art Fund - Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn Art Hall - Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn Museum of Applied Art - Tallinn, Estonia
Tartu Art Museum - Tartu, Estonia
Tallinn Business Center - Tallinn, Estonia
The Corning Museum of Glass - Corning, New York, U.S.A.
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft - Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glasmuseum Frauenau - Frauenau, Germany
Centre del Vidre de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Gus-Khrustalny Glass Museum - Gus-Khrustalny, Russia
Bohemia Hall - Novy Bor, Czech Republic
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania - Vilnius, Lithuania
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University - New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Commissioned works

since 2006 – Estonian Annual Theatre Awards "Theodori silm" trophies
2002 – Trophies for the Eurovision Song Contest^[3]
since 1999 – Annual Prizes for The Black Nights Film festival
since 1999 – Annual Prizes for Estonian Drama Theatre
1994 – Glass sculpture "The Right To Hope", (47×20×20 cm), "One World Art" programme, travelling exhibition
1993 – Glass sculpture "The Trinity", (28×28×27 cm), a gift to the Catholic Pope John Paul II from the Union of Estonian Churches, Pope's Artistic Collection, Vatican City
1986 – Glass sculpture “Seven Cubed”, (30×30×30 cm), Ministry of Culture of Russia (Moscow)
1985 – Glass sculpture “Monster", (100×50×70 cm), Estonian Embassy in Moscow, Russia

Awards

2014 – Tallinn Order of Merit
2001 – The Silver Prize of the International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
1999 – Kristjan Raud Annual Arts Award
1995 - Kristjan Raud Annual Arts Award
1988 – The prize on the Baltic Applied Art Triennial IV
1986 – The Annual Estonian Artists' Union award

Personal life and death

Ivo Lill was married to Irene Lill. The couple had two daughters. He died unexpectedly at age 66 in Haapsalu on 4 August 2019.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lahkus armastatud Eesti klaasikunstnik Ivo Lill". Kroonika (in Estonian). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Persoon: Mari Lille ja Tõnu Tamme eluterve elu - DELFI Naistekas". Naistekas (in Estonian). 14 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ivo Lill" (in Estonian). Eesti Klaasikunstnike Ühendus. 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.