| George Adomeit | |
|---|---|
| Born | George Gustav Adomeit 15 January 1879 Memel, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 1967 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | German American |
| Known for | Painting Printmaking |
George Gustav Adomeit (15 January 1879 – 1967) was a Prussian-American painter and printmaker, and also co-founder and long-time president of the Caxton Company, a printing company that was bought by the Fetter Printing Company in 1955.
Biography
Adomeit was born in Memel, Germany (now Klaipėda, Lithuania), but at the age of four he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, which became his home and which was where he died in 1967.
Heavily involved in the Cleveland art community, he was a member of the Cleveland Society of Artists. His paintings include Down to the Harbor (1925).
His daughter was the book collector Ruth E. Adomeit.
Notable collections
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
References
- "George G. Adomeit papers, 1880-1968". Research Collections. Archives of American Art. 2011. Retrieved 16 Jun 2011.
External links
- Ruth E. Adomeit papers, 1907-1958; Adomeit's daughter donated her papers in 1978 to the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
- Biography on the Cleveland Museum of Art website, taken from Robinson and Steinberg, "Transformations in Cleveland Art" (CMA, 1996), p. 221
- Biography at Art of the Print
- First Snow by George Adomeit at Cleveland Public Library
- 1879 births
- 1967 deaths
- People from Klaipėda
- 19th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 20th-century American painters
- Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
- Artists from East Prussia
- Cleveland School (arts community)
- 20th-century American printmakers
- 19th-century American male artists
- 20th-century American male artists