Viive Sterpu

Viive Sterpu
Viive Sterpu
	Viive Sterpu, Estonian painter
Born	10 December 1953; Tallinn, Estonia
Died	5 December 2012 (aged 58)
Nationality	Estonian
Known for	Painting

Viive Sterpu (formerly Sirkel, December 10, 1953 – December 5, 2012) was an Estonian artist married to fellow artist Eugen Sterpu. She lived and worked in Tallinn, Estonia.

Biography

Sterpu drew mostly with pastel colours on sandpaper. She also had experiments with graphic art and glass works. Sterpu found her motifs mostly from everyday life. She loved animals and nature and portrayed them in her art. Sterpu signed her art with the name '"Viive"'. Before her marriage she used name "Sirkel" as a signature. In 2004 Eesti Televisioon (ETV) made a documentary Viive and Eugen Sterpu for the programme series “Subjektiiv”. Sterpu was a member of Eesti Kunstnike Liit (The Estonian Artists' Association (EAA)).

Sterpu has had individual and joint exhibitions in Estonia, Finland and Italy. In April 2012 she had a joint art exhibition with his husband in Turku, Finland. Giacomo Puccini's music gave her the inspiration to draw a series of 12 pictures The Puccinian Heroines. This series of 14 heroines (Anna, Tigrana, Manon, Mimi/Musetta, Tosca, Cio-Cio-San, Minnie, Magda, Giorgetta, Suor Angeliga, Lauretta, Liú/Turandot) she donated to the Villa Museo Giacomo Puccini (Torre del Lago Puccini Italy) on April 2007. The donation was received by Signora Simonetta Puccini, the granddaughter of Maestro Giacomo Puccini. The subjects of the Puccinian heroines has been used by travel agency Kaleva Travel Finland for its own year stamps. By 2012 nine stamps had been published and there were to come.

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External links

Media related to Viive Sterpu at Wikimedia Commons
Artists own www page (in Estonian)
Mention of Viive Sterpu's death (in Finnish)

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