About Salme Rosalie Riig
Lived 1903 – 1973 (aged 70). Salme Rosalie Riig was an American, Estonian and Argentine sculptor and printmaker.
Salme Rosalie Riig (also Riig-Schönberg and Riig-Reiman; August 12, 1903 – September 5, 1973) was an Estonian sculptor and printmaker.
Early life and education Riig was born in Pärnu, She graduated from Pärnu Girls' High School in 1922 and the Szczecin Home Economics School in 1924, after which she worked as a home economics teacher in Tartu. and in 1943 from the sculpture department of the Pallas Art School, where she studied printmaking under Ado Vabbe and sculpture under Anton Starkopf. Small active figures and innovative wall panels characterized her work in the second half of the 1930s. Riig fled Estonia in 1944. (1885–1944) and to Mihkel Reiman (1904–1968).
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Estonian sculptor and printmaker (1903–1973)
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Salme Rosalie Riig was born on 12 August 1903 in Pärnu.
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Salme Rosalie Riig died on 5 September 1973 in Palo Alto.
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Salme Rosalie Riig was a sculptor and printmaker.
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Salme Rosalie Riig was American, Estonian and Argentine.
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