Lydia Mei
(1896 - 1965)
Pääsküla During a Winter Night. 1952
Watercolour. Vm 44.8 x 35 cm (framed)
price 4 800
Lydia Mei’s meditative Pääsküla motif tells an intimate story of home. We can see the semi-deciduous trees characteristic of the Pääsküla bog and sense the snowy silence and sound. The glimmering moon high in the sky tells us that it is night time, that people are in their homes, no more hustle and bustle. The artist puts herself in the position of the viewer and observes the scene from a distance, as if she were in the swamp with the viewer and on her way home. We feel the urge and the longing to cross the home field, but for a moment the artist has stopped and captures the sweetest part of the journey home, with only the last few metres left. With a tiny detail, a short brushstroke, Mei has depicted the light in the window of a home, which becomes the most important event of the whole painting: it enlivens the composition, but more than that, it speaks of the inviting and warm light in the window.
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![Pääsküla During a Winter Night](/content/teosed/19233_t.jpg)
Pääsküla During a Winter Night
1952. Watercolour Vm 44.8 x 35 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART AUCTION - MID-19TH CENTURY TO 1965 Haus Gallery 06.05.2023
1 300
Final price: 4 800
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Winter Landscape
1956. Watercolour Vm 32.3 x 26.8 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART AUCTION - MID-19TH CENTURY TO 1965 Haus Gallery 06.05.2023
1 400
Final price: 1 700
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1942. vm 46.5 x 36 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's Autumn Auction Haus Gallery 01.11.2018
700
Final price: 700
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1960. 4 vm 30 x 41 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XLI AUCTION. SPRING 2017 Haus Gallery 04.04.2017-30.11.1999
475
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1944. mixed media lm 52.8 x 61.3 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 08.11.2010-10.11.2010
1 342
Final price:
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1940. Gouache Km. 14 x 10 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIII ART AUCTION, 2006 spring. Old Masters Graphics and Drawing Haus Gallery 20.04.2006
959
Final price: 1 342
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Lillemotiiv I - III
1940. Gouache Km. 14 x 10 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIII ART AUCTION, 2006 spring. Old Masters Graphics and Drawing Haus Gallery 20.04.2006
959
Final price:
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1940. Gouache Km. 14 x 10 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIII ART AUCTION, 2006 spring. Old Masters Graphics and Drawing Haus Gallery 20.04.2006
959
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1939. Oil on canvas 53 x 47 cm
HAUS / XI AUCTION, 2002 autumn Haus Gallery 24.10.2002
1 214
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1964. Water-colours, paper Vm. 37 x 31 cm
HAUS / XI AUCTION, 2002 autumn Haus Gallery 24.10.2002
447
Final price: 447
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1956. Vm. 32 x 26 cm
HAUS / IX AUCTION, 2001 autumn Haus Gallery 20.10.2001
352
Final price: 511
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1937. Water-colours, paper Lm. 36 x 39 cm
HAUS / VII AUCTION, 2000 autumn Haus Gallery 26.10.2000
703
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1960. Water-colour 26 x 34 cm
HAUS / VI AUCTION, 2000 spring Haus Gallery 27.04.2000
959
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