Ado Vabbe

{{Short description|Estonian painter (1892–1961)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ado Vabbe

| image = Ado Vabbe 1927.jpg

| caption = Ado Vabbe, 1927

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|03|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tapa, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|04|20|1892|03|19|df=yes}}

| death_place = Tartu, Estonian SSR,
Soviet Union

| nationality = Estonia

| occupation = Painter, printmaker, teacher

}}

Ado Vabbe (19 March 1892 – 20 April 1961) was an Estonian painter, printmaker, and teacher.

Ado Vabbe is known for bringing abstraction back home to Estonia after being educated at Anton Ažbe's art school in Munich from 1911 to 1913. Active as an artist, he became better known as an art teacher and was a strong influence on many modern Estonian artists. His Paraphrases are considered an important turning point in the history of Estonian art.[https://books.google.com/books?id=r73fmcC5itkC Ado Vabbe] discussed by Eda Sepp in Estonian Non-conformist art from the Soviet occupation in 1944 to Perestroika, Chapter 2 in Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression under the Soviets, 1945-1991, edited by Jane Voorhees, Alla Rosenfeld and Norton T. Dodge, exhibition catalog Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2001/2002, {{ISBN|978-0813530420}}

Vabbe died in Tartu.

To remember the artist, Ado Vabbe Art Fellowship ({{langx|et|Ado Vabbe nimeline stipendium}}) is given out by Tartu city and Tartu Cultural Endowment ({{langx|et|Tartu Kultuurkapital}}).{{cite web |title=Ado Vabbe nimeline kunstipreemia |url=https://kultuurkapital.ee/preemiad-ja-stipendiumid/nimelised-preemiad/ado-vabbe-nimeline-kunstipreemia/ |website=Kultuurkapital |access-date=23 February 2024 |language=et}}