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Staffelmalerei

English translation: easel painting

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

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15:34 Oct 26, 2011

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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

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