Early Life, Family and Training Erich Pehap was born in 1912 in Viljandi, within the Governorate Livland of the Russian Empire, which is present-day Estonia. He grew up in a household where his father worked as a police officer. His formal artistic development began in Viljandi under the instruction of Julius Mageri. This early training provided the technical foundation for a career that would eventually span continents. Between 1931…