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Vilen Künnapu

Vilen Künnapu

Artist is based in: Estonia

Vilen Künnapu (born 1948) is an architect and architecture critic, who discovered painting only recently, opening his first painting exhibition in 2013. He has held a firm position one among the most important Estonian architects throughout the last three decades, being among the country´s first postmodernist theoreticians and architects in the 1970s. In terms of painting, Vilen Künnapu has outlined that his son, artist August Künnapu, was the person to give him the “push“ to turn to this field himself by giving him the first canvases as a present.


Painting

Burano I by Vilen Künnapu
Burano I, 2019  
Painting, 80 x 80 cm
€4750
Burano III by Vilen Künnapu
Burano III, 2019  
Painting, 70 x 70 cm
€4250
Santorini roofs by Vilen Künnapu
Santorini roofs, 2016  
Painting, 80 x 100 cm
€4750
SUMMER IN LA by Vilen Künnapu
SUMMER IN LA, 2022  
Painting, 150 x 200 cm
€9000
HOUSE IN INDIA by Vilen Künnapu
HOUSE IN INDIA, 2019  
Painting, 120 x 150 cm
€8000
DIVINE LIGHT ABOVE SANTO by Vilen Künnapu
DIVINE LIGHT ABOVE SANTO, 2020  
Painting, 120 x 150 cm
€8750
FORTRESS by Vilen Künnapu
FORTRESS, 2020  
Painting, 120 x 150 cm
€7500
WATER TOWER IN TALLINN by Vilen Künnapu
WATER TOWER IN TALLINN, 2021  
Painting, 150 x 120 cm
€7500
HOUSE IN THE PARK by Vilen Künnapu
HOUSE IN THE PARK, 2022  
Painting, 150 x 200 cm
€8500
MORNING IN ATLANTIS by Vilen Künnapu
MORNING IN ATLANTIS, 2022  
Painting, 200 x 300 cm
€15500
House by Vilen Künnapu
House, 2018  
Painting, 150 x 200 cm

Portfolio Showcase (not for sale)

Bridge in NY by Vilen Künnapu
Bridge in NY, 2014  
Painting, 16 x 22 cm
Burano. Before Rain by Vilen Künnapu
Burano. Before Rain, 2019  
Painting, 160 x 160 cm

Related exhibitions (current and upcoming) View past exhibitions

International Art Laboratory POETRY DOES NOT COME FROM THE WIND

29.05.2026 - 28.06.2026

Museum of New Art

Rüütli 40a, Pärnu, Pärnu County, Estonia

Opening hours: Wed-Sun 11:00 - 18:00