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English translation: easel painting

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German term or phrase:Staffelmalerei
English translation:easel painting
Entered by: Joel Schaefer

15:34 Oct 26, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
German term or phrase: Staffelmalerei
[Name] gehörte 1923 zu den Gründungsmitgliedern der Gesellschaft für Staffelmalerei (Ost).

From an essay on Russian artists.
Easel painting??
Joel Schaefer
United States
Local time: 19:06
Society of Easel Painters
Explanation:
http://artnow.ru/en/antiques/0/161_full//0/.html

Staffelmalerei is indeed easel-painting. However, I have seen the name of this society as "society of easel painters".

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Obshchestvo khudozhnikov-stankovistov (OST)
Society of easel painters would be the direct translation of the Russian original
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Local time: 05:06
Grading comment
Thank you all for your help!
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3 +5Society of Easel Painters
Sabine Akabayov, PhD


Discussion entries: 6





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Society of Easel Painters


Explanation:
http://artnow.ru/en/antiques/0/161_full//0/.html

Staffelmalerei is indeed easel-painting. However, I have seen the name of this society as "society of easel painters".

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Note added at 11 mins (2011-10-26 15:46:05 GMT)
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http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Society of Easel ...

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Note added at 22 mins (2011-10-26 15:56:59 GMT)
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Obshchestvo khudozhnikov-stankovistov (OST)
Society of easel painters would be the direct translation of the Russian original

Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Local time: 05:06
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): major reference (in painting: Easel and panel painting)
5 mins
  -> Danke Ingeborg

agree  philgoddard
38 mins

agree  Stephen Reader
59 mins

agree  Kim Metzger: http://www.all-art.org/history580-2b.html
2 hrs

agree  Lonnie Legg
5 hrs
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