Jaan Koort

Jan Koort (6 November 1883, Sootaga Parish (Parish Aksi), Tartu – 14 October 1935 in Moscow) was an Estonian sculptor, painter and ceramicist.

Born on 6 November 6 in Tartu, he was the thirteenth child of village farmers Susanna-Marie and Jan Koorti. He studied at Orge village school. During the period from 1896 to 1900 he studied at the Tartu city school. In 1901, he participated in the German Craftsmen Society's drawing courses. His studies continued in St. Petersburg A. Stieglitz Art School (1902–1905), where he studied painting and sculpture. During the Revolution of 1905 he left St. Petersburg, and later moved to Estonia to Finland, and from there to Paris.