Lauri Saari
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Lauri Abel Saari (born 2 January 1888 in Urjala, died 10 June 1953) was a Finnish painter. He studied at the Central School for Applied Arts in 1910–1913 and the Turku Drawing School 1920–1922. Saari also took lessons from the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch.[1]
During the 1918 Finnish Civil War, Saari was the commander of the Urjala Red Guards. He was captured after the Battle of Tampere and detained in the Kalevankangas camp.
References[edit]
- ^ "Saari, Lauri Abel" (in Finnish). Finnish Art Society. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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