Eveline Adelheid von Maydell
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Maydell before the opening of her exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
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Adelheid and several of her works on display at the Corcoran in 1925
Eveline Adelheid von Maydell (née Frank; 19 May 1890 in Tehran – 24 December 1962 in Sintra) was a German silhouette artist. Born in Iran, she studied drawing in Pärnu, Estonia, in Riga, Latvia and in St. Petersburg, Russia. She moved to the United States in 1922.[1]
Several of her artworks were exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in the 1920s,[2][3] and again in the 1940s.[4]
She is described as being ambidextrous in a Milwaukee newspaper article from 1942: "She sketches and designs with her left hand and with her right snips with minute scissors the silhouettes..."[5]
She died in Portugal on December 24, 1962.
References[]
- ^ "Maydell, Eveline v., 1890-1962, From Library of Congress Name Authority File". Library of Congress. 1997-11-05. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "Baroness Eveline Maydell at Corcoran Art Gallery, 4/2/25". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "Archives, 1940s". Corcoran Gallery. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "Archives, 1940s". Corcoran Gallery. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "Silhouette Exhibit at Art Institute". Milwaukee Sentinel. February 27, 1942. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
External links[]
Media related to Eveline Adelheid von Maydell at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1962 deaths
- Silhouettists
- 20th-century German women artists
- 20th-century American women artists
- 20th-century Estonian women artists
- People from Tehran