Maaser, Eduard (1916 – 1990). Girl with Book (1947-48)

Oil on plywood

69,7 x 60,2 cm

Artist Eduard Maaser was born in 1916 in Russia. He died in 1990 in Tartu. For many years he studied at the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium, graduated from the Tartu Gymnasium in 1934. In 1934–35 he studied at Pallas, in 1948 he graduated from the Tartu State Art Institute with a degree in painting. In the 1950s, he painted with watercolors and oils (mainly still lifes, flowers and landscapes). In the 1960s, he focused on watercolors, capturing landscapes of southern Estonia. Participated in exhibitions since 1944. From 1961 to 1972, Maaser was the director of fine arts training courses at the Tartu Art Museum.

A work from the time of study at the Tartu State Art Institute, where E. Maaser continued his studies in the tradition of Pallas, under the guidance of the teachers of Pallas.