- Viive Sterpu
Viive Sterpu (formerly Sirkel; born
17 December ,1953 inTallinn ,Estonia ) is an Estonian artist married to fellow artistEugen Sterpu .Viive Sterpu draws mostly with pastel colours on sandpaper. She also has had experiments with graphic art and glass works. Sterpu finds her motifs mostly from everyday life and from her art can be found female tenderness as well as the loneliness of a citywoman. She loves animals and nature and portrays them with pleasure in her art. The colous of her art are clear and they are in a harmonic balance with each other.
Viive Sterpu signs her art with the name '"Viive"'. Before her marriage she used name "Sirkel" as a signature.
Exhibitions
Viive Sterpu has had individual and joint exhibitions in
Estonia ,Finland andItaly .Donation
Giacomo Puccini 's music has given to her the inspiration to draw a series of 12 pictures The Puccinian Heroines. This serie of 14 heroines ( Anna, Tigrana, Manon, Mimi/Musetta, Tosca, Cio-Cio-San, Minnie, Magda, Giorgetta, Suor Angeliga, Lauretta, Liú/Turandot) she donated to theVilla Museo Giacomo Puccini (Torre del Lago Puccini Italy ) on April 2007. The donation was received by SignoraSimonetta Puccini , the granddaughter of MaestroGiacomo Puccini .The works of Viive Sterpu can be found in many parts of the world. The subjects of the Puccinian heroines has been used by travel agency
Kaleva Travel Finland for its own photo stamps. In2004 Estonian Television (ETV, Eesti Televisioon) made a document “Viive and Eugen Sterpu” for the programme series “Subjektiiv”.Memberships
Viive Sterpu is a member of
Eesti Kunstnike Liit (The Estonian Artists' Association (EAA)).External links
* [http://www.styf.ee/art/viive/v_s_01.php The art of Viive Sterpu]
* [http://cinziadonati.leonardo.it/foto/2007/ott/pag1/ottobre.html] Part of the donation to the Villa Museo Giacomo Puccini
* [http://www.maal.ee/kunstnikud/sterpuviive/sterpuviive.htm Artists own www page (in Estonian)]
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