Eveline Adelheid von Maydell

Maydell before the opening of her exhibit at the Corcoran.

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]

Adelheid and several of her works on display at the Corcoran in 1925

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.

Patent

Patent document for the chair.

She was awarded a US Patent for "an ornamental design for a chair" on July 3, 1930.^[6]

References

1. "Maydell, Eveline v., 1890-1962, From Library of Congress Name Authority File". Library of Congress. 1997-11-05. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
2. "Baroness Eveline Maydell at Corcoran Art Gallery, 4/2/25". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
3. "Archives, 1940s". Corcoran Gallery. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
4. "Archives, 1940s". Corcoran Gallery. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
5. "Silhouette Exhibit at Art Institute". Milwaukee Sentinel. February 27, 1942. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
6. "Design foe US D82224 S". Google Patent Search. 1930. Retrieved 2013-11-10.