Ülo Sepp (1925–2005)
Well-known metal artist and Eerik Kõuts’s teacher at the ARS smithy. Many of Meisel’s works have been made to his designs and under his supervision.
Ülo Sepp was born on 5 September 1925 in Valga, Estonia, and died on 6 February 2005. From 1945 to 1951 he studied at the Tallinn State Institute of Applied Art.
He worked as a decorator at the Drama Theatre, artistic director of the Art Products Factory, chief modeller of the Kommunaar shoe factory, head decorator of Tallinna Kaubamaja and a lecturer at the Tallinn Technical School of Light Industry.
His most notable work began in 1972 as an executing artist at the ARS Art Factory and continued later as chief designer of the joint-stock company ARS-SEPP. He was one of the initiators of ironwork and metal casting at ARS.
Ülo Sepp achieved technical and artistic mastery in working iron, and his style was vigorous and expressive. He created functional and decorative objects as well as monumental ironwork, including the ceiling chandelier of the Pärnamäe crematorium (1988) and the gates of Toompea Castle (1992).
He was a member of the Estonian Artists’ Association from 1969.
