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Estonian painter, graphic artist, decorator, teacher. Born in the family of Johannes Subbi (1888–1942) and Ella Pauline Ruusmann (1892–1966) in the city of Tartu in south-east Estonia (1930). Studied at the Riiklik Tarbekunsti Instituut in Tallinn (1948–49). Deported to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia as part of Operation Priboi (1949–57). Returned to Tartu (1957), where he worked briefly as a carpenter a...