Eesti kunsti oksjonid
Hilda Mikkelsaar “Suvi Eestimaal”
Sügisoksjon 2024
Oil on cardboard. 1960s.
Signature: HMikkelsaar
| Measurements | 57 x 76 cm |
|---|---|
| Starting price | 1 800 € |
| Number of bids | 6 |
| Hammer price | 2 600 € |
Hilda Mikkelsaar studied at Pallas under Nikolai Triik from 1926 to 1930 and was appointed as a drawing teacher afterwards. During the great flight of 1944, Mikkelsaar also left Estonia and lived in Canada from 1949 onwards where she actively participated in Estonian art life.
Her art only returned to her homeland during the new Republic and its most important milestone was an exhibition at the Adamson-Eric Museum in 1996, where her works and those of her daughter, the well-known graphic artist Ruth Tulving, were introduced to the Estonian public.
The artist’s style is characterized by an impressionistic tradition, which is also reflected in this view of Estonia. Mikkelsaar nostalgically recalls her homeland and pours love into the fresh green, caressed by the summer sun, and the almost cloudless light blue sky.
Text: Mai Levin