Ida Emilie Adamson

Ida Emilie Adamson was an Estonian printmaker.

Early life and education

Adamson was born in Pärnu to Jaan Eschtamm and Pauline Catharine Eschtamm. She was the sister of the printmaker Pauline Elfriede Leps-Estam. She studied piano at Tartu Higher Music School and Pallas Art School. From 1931 to 1932, she studied in the master's studio of Ado Vabbe.

Career

Adamson left Estonia in 1944 and lived as a refugee in Germany. From there she relocated to Canada in 1949, and she then lived in the United States. She mainly produced free graphics, large-format compositions, book illustrations, and pencil drawings. Adamson died in Cupertino, California in 1989.
After the restoration of Estonian independence, Adamson's artwork was sent to the Pärnu Museum in Estonia together with works by her sister Pauline Elfriede Leps-Estam and her brother-in-law Erich Leps.