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Eduard Maaser (1916 – 1990). Old Gypsy. (1934/35)
€1100
Oil on canvas pasted with masonite
63 x 53.7 cm
The model is known from the works of the Pallasists; the painting probably dates from the time of Maaser’s studies at “Pallas”.
The artist Eduard Maaser was born in 1916 in Russia. He died in 1990 in Tartu. He studied at Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in 1934, graduated from Tartu Gymnasium in 1934. In 1934–35 he studied at Pallas, in 1948 he graduated from the Tartu State Institute of Art, majoring in painting. In the 1950s he painted watercolors and oil paintings (mostly still lifes, flowers and landscapes). In the 1960s he focused on watercolors, capturing the landscape of South Estonia. He has participated in exhibitions since 1944. From 1961 to 1972 he was the head of the distance learning courses in fine arts at the Tartu Art Museum.
The work dates from his studies at the Tartu State Art Institute, where E. Maaser continued the studio he had left unfinished at “Pallas”. The traditions of “Pallas” continued at this school under the guidance of Pallas lecturers.
Portraits are very rare in Maaser’s work.
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Description
Oil on canvas pasted with masonite
63 x 53.7 cm
The model is known from the works of the Pallasists; the painting probably dates from the time of Maaser’s studies at “Pallas”.
The artist Eduard Maaser was born in 1916 in Russia. He died in 1990 in Tartu. He studied at Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in 1934, graduated from Tartu Gymnasium in 1934. In 1934–35 he studied at Pallas, in 1948 he graduated from the Tartu State Institute of Art, majoring in painting. In the 1950s he painted watercolors and oil paintings (mostly still lifes, flowers and landscapes). In the 1960s he focused on watercolors, capturing the landscape of South Estonia. He has participated in exhibitions since 1944. From 1961 to 1972 he was the head of the distance learning courses in fine arts at the Tartu Art Museum.
The work dates from his studies at the Tartu State Art Institute, where E. Maaser continued the studio he had left unfinished at “Pallas”. The traditions of “Pallas” continued at this school under the guidance of Pallas lecturers.
Portraits are very rare in Maaser’s work.
