Famous life · 1929
Kristjan Raud's house in Nõmme
The painter Kristjan Raud married late. In 1924 he married Elviira Tischler, 35 years younger, against her parents' wishes, in a civil marriage that was still rare at the time. In 1929 the family built a modest home here in Nõmme, designed by Herbert Johanson in the national romantic style from Raud's own sketches. In 1937 the town renamed the street after the artist who lived on it. Raud's charcoal drawings for the epic Kalevipoeg came out in 1935 in an edition of 10,000 copies and found their way into many Estonian homes. The Soviet state confiscated the house in 1953, ten years after his death.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Kunstnik Kristjan Raud abiellus hilja. 1924. aastal võttis ta naiseks endast 35 aastat noorema Elviira Tischleri, vaatamata pruudi vanemate vastuseisule, ja seda tollal veel haruldases ilmalikus abielus. 1929. aastal valmis perele siin Nõmmel tagasihoidlik elumaja, mille arhitekt Herbert Johanson projekteeris rahvusromantilises stiilis Raua enda visandite järgi. 1937. aastal nimetas linn tänava seal elava kunstniku auks ümber. Raua söejoonistustega „Kalevipoeg” ilmus 1935. aastal 10 000 eksemplaris ja jõudis paljudesse eesti kodudesse. 1953. aastal, kümme aastat pärast kunstniku surma, riigistati kogu maja.