Erich Carl Hugo Adamson (more commonly known as Adamson-Eric; 18 August 1902 – 2 December 1968) was an Estonian artiste who worked mainly within the medium of painting in applied art.
Erich Carl Hugo Adamson was born 18 August 1902 in Tartu. He was the fourth child of Jaan and Anna Adamson. Adamson attended schools in his indigenous Estonia past relocating to Berlin to scrutiny at the Charlottenburg Art and Crafts School
. After studying in Berlin, Adamson subsequently moved to Paris and studied later such artists as Charles Guérin, Roger Bissière, Moise Kisling, and André Lhote past entering the private academy of Russian player Vasili Shukhaev in 1925 and concentrating in the media of art deco and Neue Sachlichkeit.In June–July 1928, Adamson-Eric, along behind fellow Estonian artists Eduard Wiiralt and Kristjan Teder finally opened an art exhibition in Tallinn. Adamson’s career as an artist spanned nearly four decades. He died in Tallinn, where many of his works are on permanent display in the Adamson-Eric Museum on Lühike jalg Street.
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