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List Of Estonian Women Artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Estonia or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. A *Ellinor Aiki (1893–1969), painter H *Epp Haabsaar (born 1953), painter, illustrator *Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824–1902), Baltic-German painter I *Inéz (active since mid-1990s), contemporary artist, musician, composer J *Alisa Jakobi (born 1981), painter, actress, graphic designer K * Elvy Kalep (1899–1989), pilot, painter, toy designer, writer *Kalli Kalde (born 1967), graphic artist, illustrator * Liis Koger (born 1989), painter, poet * Meeli Kõiva (born 1960), painter, sculptor, glass designer M *Kadri Mälk (born 1958–2023), painter, jewelry designer *Eveline Adelheid von Maydell (1890–1962), silhouette artist * Lydia Mei (1896–1965), painter * Natalie Mei (1900–1975), painter, graphic artist N * Katja Novitskova (born 1984), installation artist * Mall Nukke (born 1964), painter, collage artist, installation artist P * Birgit P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Novitskova
Katja Novitskova (born 1984 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian installation artist. She lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin. Her work focuses on issues of technology, evolutionary processes, digital imagery and corporate aesthetics. Novitskova is interested in investigating how, "media actively redefines the world and culture, and everything" related to art, nature and commerce. Education Novitskova holds degrees in Semiotics and Cultural Studies as well as a specialization in Media Arts from the University of Tartu, Estonia. She also completed a Masters of Science in Digital Media, University of Lübeck, Germany in addition to studying at the Graphic Design department at the Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam. Further funding and research for her artistic practice has been supported by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the residency programme for visual artists at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten and the Mondriaan Fund. Work Novitskova has shown at SALTS, Basel, Bard Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Women Artists By Nationality
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Estonian Women Artists
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Ilon Wikland
Maire-Ilon Wikland (née Pääbo; born February 5, 1930) is an Estonian-born Swedish artist and illustrator. Wikland was born in Tartu, Estonia and raised in Haapsalu, Lääne County on Estonia's Baltic coast. In 1944 she escaped with the family of a classmate from the second Soviet occupation of Estonia, to Sweden, where she arrived as a refugee. In 1953 Wikland applied for a job as illustrator at Rabén & Sjögren. She was met by Astrid Lindgren, who had just finished writing the book ''Mio, my Son'' and who could see immediately that Wikland was able to "draw fairytales". Wikland did a test-drawing for the book and after that her collaboration with Lindgren continued. Wikland has said that Lindgren's writing continually makes her see inner pictures. She also derives inspiration for her pictures from real life. In the same way that Lindgren wrote for "the child within her", Wikland often also draws for the child within her. Wikland is the artist who has illustrated the greates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erna Viitol
Erna Viitol (née Erna Juhanson; 10 May 1920 – 11 November 2001) was an Estonian sculptor. Biography Viitol was born into a family of farmers in Ala, Lõve Parish (now in Tõrva Parish), Valga County. She traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to study. Upon her return to Estonia in 1943, she studied in Tallinn at the Tallinn School of Applied and Fine Arts.Järelehüüe Sirbis - Erna Viitol 10. V 1920 – 11. XI 2001 Biography in Estonian language, accessed on 25 January 2012. Works Viitol's sculptures, among others, included a bronze bust of female Estonian literary writer, , and portraits of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agaate Veeber
Agaate Veeber (also known as Agathe Veeber, born Agaate Wilhelmine Kanto; 23 February 1901 – 8 April 1988) was an Estonian graphic artist and illustrator who began her career in the 1920s in her native country of Estonia and continued in the United States after immigrating in 1948. Early life and education Agaate Veeber was born Agaate Wilhelmine Kanto in Tallinn to Karel and Ann Kanto (''née'' Leesment). She had one sister, Auguste Henriette, born in 1899. She attended secondary school at the Tallinn City I Girls' Gymnasium and began her artistic studies at Ants Laikmaa's Studio School in Tallinn, initially studying painting. In the late 1920s, she spent two semesters at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg in Germany, studying applied arts before returning to Estonia and enrolling at the Estonian Academy of Arts. In 1933, she entered the Pallas Art School in Tartu, studying graphic art and etching with Ado Vabbe and graphic art with Hando Mugasto, Arkadio Laigo and Roman Vahe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tio Tepandi
Tio Tepandi (real name Tiiu Tepandi; born 24 November 1947) is an Estonian artist. She was born in Lüganuse, Estonia. Her grandfather was a gardener of the local estate. The memories of her birthplace, its beauty and harmony have always accompanied and influenced the artist. Early life and education Tio Tepandi was born in Lüganuse, Ida-Viru County and studied in the Institute of Arts in the Chair of Architecture Design from 1966 to 1971. Career Tepandi has worked in various Estonian theaters as for over 17 years. During the years from 1972 to 1985, she worked together with several well-known cultural figures and producers, including Epp Kaidu, Kaarin Raid, Kaarel Ird, Ülo Vilimaa, Evald Hermaküla, Jaan Tooming, Raivo Adlas and others as an artist-producer in the Tartu theater Vanemuine. Until 2000 she worked as the Director of Interior Design and Arts in the Estonian National Library ( ENL). During her 6 years in ENL, she designed and planned a multitude of internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Tenno
Ann Tenno (née Ann Epler; born 4 December 1952 in Tartu) is an Estonian photographer and photo artist. Lonely Planet states that "some of the most spectacular and sensitive photographs of Estonia have been taken by Ann Tenno and published in books which best capture the spirit of Estonian nature." She is noted in particular for her town landscapes, especially photographs of the Estonian capital of Tallinn, and the churches and manor houses of Estonia. Early life In 1971 she graduated from Tartu Secondary School No. 5. In 1976 she graduated with a degree in algebra from the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Tartu. She then worked in the field of mathematics in the Economic Department of the University of Tartu and Department of Mathematics of the Tallinn University of Technology until 1984, when she began working at the Design Institute of Cultural Monuments as a photographer. Career Tenno has worked as a freelance photographer, and her images have been compiled and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrina Tang
Katrina Tang (born 17 May 1985) is an Estonian international children's fashion and portrait photographer, art director and videographer. Life and work Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Tang went to high school in Pärnu. She moved to England in 2003 and went to the Arts Institute at Bournemouth where she received her BA (Hons) in Commercial Photography in 2008. After that she moved to London and started to work for children's brands and magazines. At present Tang is working internationally and mostly travels between New York City, London, Paris and Estonia. Tang has worked on a number of international well known children's brands and publications including Clarks, Mini Boden, Oeuf NYC, Fcuk, Very French Gangsters, Medela, The Times newspaper, Milk Magazine Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfeeding, breastfed human infants) before they are able to digestion, digest soli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viive Sterpu
Viive Sterpu (née Sirkel, December 10, 1953 – December 5, 2012) was an Estonian artist married to fellow artist Eugen Sterpu. She lived and worked in Tallinn, Estonia. Biography Sterpu drew mostly with pastel colours on sandpaper. She also experimented with graphic art and glass works. Sterpu found her motifs mostly from everyday life. She loved animals and nature and portrayed them in her art. Sterpu signed her art with the name '"Viive"'. Before her marriage she used name "Sirkel" as a signature. In 2004 Eesti Televisioon made a documentary ''Viive and Eugen Sterpu'' for the programme series “Subjektiiv”. Sterpu was a member of Estonian Artists' Association. Sterpu had individual and joint exhibitions in Estonia, Finland and Italy. In April 2012 she had a joint art exhibition with his husband in Turku, Finland. Giacomo Puccini's music gave her the inspiration to draw a series of 12 pictures called "The Puccinian Heroines". She donated this series of 14 heroin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Püve
Birgit Püve (born November 7, 1978) is an Estonian photographer. She lives and works in Tallinn. Life and work Birgit Püve started out as a writing journalist for the Estonian weekly newspaper ''Eesti Ekspress''. She quickly became a successful writer, winning several reputable awards. Yet, her love for photography led her to replace words with images. Besides her personal projects, she now works as a freelance photographer and photo editor. Püve concentrates mostly on portrait photography and the presentation of human nature. With her widely acclaimed series ''By The Lake'' she portrays the silent and dignified world of the Russian Old Believers living in the culturally unique part of Estonia, on the shores of Lake Peipus, the biggest transboundary lake in Europe, which now separates two different worlds - European Union and Russian Federation. ''By The Lake'' consists of poetic diptychs of people and their private environments. She is currently working on her next project ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
