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Irina Bržeskaja (Bržeska, 1909 – 1990). Portrait of Günther Reindorff. (1963)
€2600
Oil on canvas
100 x 78 cm
Portrait from the Reindorff family collection.
One portrait of G. Reindorff (1963) is in the Art Museum of Estonia, but the artist usually made several versions. Reindorff is one of the numerous Estonian cultural figures that Brzeska has portrayed.
Irina Brzeska (1909–1990) is the author of a unique collection of portraits. She painted famous people of her time as well as relatives, friends and acquaintances. Among those she captured were, for example, Arvo and Nora Pärt, singers Anna Hermann (see the cover of the 1977 album) and Georg Ots, writers Anastasia Tsvetaeva (Marina Tsvetaeva’s younger sister) and Uno Laht, artists Andres Tolts and Evald Okas. sculptor Johan Raudsepp, ballerina Anna Ekston, theatre artist Eldor Renter, actors Laine Mesikäpp and Salme Reek and many others.
Irina Bržeska (Bržesskaya) (October 5, 1909 Kiev – August 4, 1990 Kuremäe) was a painter who lived in Tallinn.
Irina Bržeska received her art education in Moscow in 1927–1930. From 1933 she was a member of the Moscow Artists’ Union and from 1952 of the Estonian Artists’ Union. On her own initiative, she created many portraits of the Estonian creative intelligentsia, a small part of which is in the possession of the Estonian Literary Museum. Her last solo exhibition was held at the Art Salon in 1985. In 1991, a memorial exhibition of Brzeska was held there at the initiative of Olav Maran, after which the artist’s daughter took most of her work with her to Moscow.
https://www.ekabl.ee/id/brzeskairina
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Description
Oil on canvas
100 x 78 cm
Portrait from the Reindorff family collection.
One portrait of G. Reindorff (1963) is in the Art Museum of Estonia, but the artist usually made several versions. Reindorff is one of the numerous Estonian cultural figures that Brzeska has portrayed.
Irina Brzeska (1909–1990) is the author of a unique collection of portraits. She painted famous people of her time as well as relatives, friends and acquaintances. Among those she captured were, for example, Arvo and Nora Pärt, singers Anna Hermann (see the cover of the 1977 album) and Georg Ots, writers Anastasia Tsvetaeva (Marina Tsvetaeva’s younger sister) and Uno Laht, artists Andres Tolts and Evald Okas. sculptor Johan Raudsepp, ballerina Anna Ekston, theatre artist Eldor Renter, actors Laine Mesikäpp and Salme Reek and many others.
Irina Bržeska (Bržesskaya) (October 5, 1909 Kiev – August 4, 1990 Kuremäe) was a painter who lived in Tallinn.
Irina Bržeska received her art education in Moscow in 1927–1930. From 1933 she was a member of the Moscow Artists’ Union and from 1952 of the Estonian Artists’ Union. On her own initiative, she created many portraits of the Estonian creative intelligentsia, a small part of which is in the possession of the Estonian Literary Museum. Her last solo exhibition was held at the Art Salon in 1985. In 1991, a memorial exhibition of Brzeska was held there at the initiative of Olav Maran, after which the artist’s daughter took most of her work with her to Moscow.
https://www.ekabl.ee/id/brzeskairina
