Adeline Jaeger
Adelheid Jaeger, née Heuser, known as Adeline (31 March 1809, Gummersbach - 17 December 1897, Bonn) was a German portrait, Genre art, genre and still-life painter, associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life and work She was the third of six children born to the paint and wine merchant, Heinrich Daniel Theodor Heuser (1767–1848), and his wife, Katharina Luisa née Jügel (1776–1841). Her grandfather, , was the founder of a large trading company. Her aunt, the artist Henriette Jügel, taught her how to paint and draw. Her desire to make art her professional career was discouraged by her father, although her sisters, Louise Wüste, Louise and Alwine Schroedter, Alwine would become artists. Another sister, Ida (1817-1880), married the painter Karl Friedrich Lessing in 1841. In 1831, she was sent to Frankfurt, to live with her uncle, the publisher and bookseller, . His wife had recently died, and he needed help to care for his two young sons. He was more receptive to ...
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