1918 ESTONIA Marie UNDER Eelõitseng Poetry w. ART NOUVEAU Cover NIKOLAI TRIIK

  

Independent Republic 1918 - 1940 Printed Matter. With Great Author's Art Nouveau Modernist Cover by Famous Estonian Artist Nikolai Triik, Tartu 1918. Size: 130 x 175 mm.

The book is really old, which printed 99 years ago, but not modern reprint or more late re-edition. Very Fine condition, without any visible defects, litte damaged spine, traces of time (please see images). Marie Under 27 March O.

15 March 1883 - 25 September 1980 was one of the greatest Estonian poets. In her free time, she wrote poetry in German. In 1902, she married an Estonian accountant, Carl Hacker. The couple had two children in Kuchino. However, in 1904, she fell in love with the Estonian artist Ants Laikmaa. Laikmaa convinced her to translate her poetry into. And submitted her translated works to local newspapers. In 1913, she met Artur Adson. He also compiled the first volumes of her published poetry. In 1924, Under divorced Carl Hacker and married Adson. Under was one of the founders of Estonian Writers' Union in 1922. In the 1920s, Under was a frequent visitor at the house of Igor Severyanin. Russian poet, in the village of Toila, where she often was on holiday.

Severyanin published a book of translations from Under. Severyanin did not speak Estonian and used word-by-word translations as a basis. Beginning in September 1944, the U. Under and her family fled to Sweden. They spent almost a year in a refugee camp.

In 1945, the family moved to Mälarhöjden, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, where Under lived until her death on September 25, 1980. Nikolai Voldemar Triik (7 August 1884, Tallinn - 12 August 1940, Tallinn) was an Estonian Modernist painter, graphic artist, printmaker and professor. His work displays elements of Symbolism and Expressionism. After graduating from the public schools in 1901, he enrolled at the Saint Petersburg Art. But was expelled for participating in a student strike during the 1905 Revolution. At the private art school. Operated by Ants Laikmaa, but later went back to Saint Petersburg to take lessons from Osip Braz. The following year, he accompanied Konrad Mägi and Alexander Tassa on a trip to the Åland Islands and spent some time in Helsinki. By the "Finnish Art Association". Not long after, he married the daughter of a wealthy factory owner and moved to Paris. Where he sampled courses at the. Académie Colarossi, the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-arts. When his studies there were completed, he visited Norway, then went to Saint Petersburg again and audited classes at the art academy.

For the next two years, he moved between Saint Petersburg and Tartu. In 1911, he began producing an art section. For a magazine published by the literary association.

Noor-Eesti and created a series of works based on Estonian folklore. Following more travels to Copenhagen and Berlin, he settled in Estonia permanently in 1913. Working as an art teacher. In 1916, he became a member of the governing council of the "Eesti Kunstiselts" (Estonian Art Association) and, from 1919 to 1920. Was in charge of Fine Arts at the Estonian Ministry of Education.

That year, he joined a progressive art association named "Pallas". And went to Tartu to teach at their school. From 1922 to 1926, he gave private lessons at his own studio in Tartu, then worked as. A freelance artist until 1928. Five years later, he became the first Estonian to be named a Professor of Art.

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• Subject: Literature & Fiction
• Topic: Poetry
• Binding: Softcover, Wraps
• Special Attributes: First Edition, 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
• Publisher: Odamees
• Year Printed: 1918
• Author: Marie Under
• Origin: European
• Type: Book
• Place of Publication: Tartu
• Region: Europe
• Language: Estonian
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Estonia
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Character Family: none
• Illustrator: Nikolai Triik