About Ülo Õun
Ülo Õun was an Estonian sculptor whose career began in the late 1960s and came to prominence in the 1970s. Õun mainly worked as a portrait and figural sculptor and was known for his works in colored plaster and bronze. One of Õun's most notable sculptures is Isa ja poeg (English: Father and Son), created in plaster in 1977. His first exhibition was held at the Tallinn Art Hall gallery, with artists Ellen Koll and Aili Vint in 1970. In 1978, Õun created portrait sculptures of Estonian cultural figures: painter Tiit Pääsuke, artist Kaljo Põllu, and actor and theater pedagogue Voldemar Panso, for which he won the Kristjan Raud Art Award the following year.
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