Anna of Maydell
Anna Elisabeth Baroness von Maydell (born October 25 . Jul / November 6th, 1861 greg. In Saint Petersburg , † 30 July 1944 in Schwetz ) was a Baltic German painter and designer.
Life
Anna von Maydell was a student of Franz Deppen in Reval from 1885 to 1890 and with Eric Ehrström in Helsinki from 1915 to 1917 . According to Thieme-Becker, there was parkland in the Tallinn Cathedral Museum in 1930 . As a craftsperson, she also made metal forging work. She also designed furniture for the atelier for arts and crafts she founded in 1904 together with Magda Luther, Lilly Walther and Ebba Weiss .
The Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design ( Eesti Tarbekunsti- ja Disainimuuseum ) in Tallinn was able to acquire a number of her designs as well as some silver works from a Finnish collector in 2014.
literature
- L. v. Kügelgen: Maydell, Anna, Baroness von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 293 .
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Anna von Maydell. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry by Franz Deppen in 1871 in the register of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
- ↑ Tarbekunstimuuseum Naitab tsaariaegsete ettevõtlike daamide disaini. Report from the ERR of July 2, 2015, accessed on March 16, 2019 (Estonian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maydell, Anna of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1944 |
| Place of death | Schwetz |