Lauri Saari

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.{{cite web|title=Saari, Lauri Abel|url=http://www.kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi/fi/haku/ennen-vuotta-1900-syntyneet.html?artist=389&year=1900|publisher=Finnish Art Society|date=|accessdate=18 December 2016|language=fi}}

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.