Seminar „Friedrich Ludwig von Maydell’s Letters: Archival Discovery“

The seminar takes a close look at one of the most diverse artists in the Baltic art scene, Friedrich Ludwig von Maydell (1795–1846), and asks which kind of new knowledge do his letters to architect Wilhelm Stier (1799–1856) reveal about Baltic art and cultural life in the first half of the nineteenth century, incl. about the contacts with German artists both in Germany and in Italy. Their correspondence, stretching over several decades, was recently found in the archive of the Berlin Technical University’s Architecture Museum. It enables fresh insights into several topics of Baltic history, also beyond art history.

The seminar’s four roundtables feature discussants from Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn University, University of Tartu, Art Museum of Estonia, Gesellschaft für deutschbaltische Kultur in Estland et al. The seminar is organised and moderated by Kristina Jõekalda and Tiina-Mall Kreem. The program is in Estonian.

PROGRAM

12.00 Maydell’s correspondence and travels against the background of art history
Tiina Abel, Kristina Jõekalda, Liisa-Helena Lumberg-Paramonova, Maris Saagpakk

13.15 Maydell, church art and the status of an artist
Reet Pius, Kadi Polli, Anne Untera

14.00-14.30 pause

14.30 Maydell in Tartu (Dorpat): drawings, prints and everyday life
Reet Bender, Triin Kröönström, Moonika Teemus, Kristiina Tiideberg

15.30 The letters’ significance for history and cultural history
Linda Kaljundi, Kairit Kaur, Tiina-Mall Kreem