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Adomeit
Adomeit is a Germanized form of the Baltic-origin surname Adomaitis meaning "son of Adam". Notable people with the surname include: *, German violinist and composer *George Adomeit (1879–1967), American painter and printmaker *Hannes Adomeit (1942 – 2022), German political scientist and analyst * (born 1968), German pianist *, Danish film producer and director * (1935-2019), German legal scholar * (born 1963), German table tennis coach * Ruth E. Adomeit (1910–1996), American author, editor, collector of miniature books and philanthropist; daughter of George See also *'' Adomaitis'' (Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ... form) * (Horst) ''Ademeit'' (similar name) {{Surname Germanized family names Lithuanian-language patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Adomeit 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 External linksRuth E. Adomeit papers, 1907-1958 Adomeit's daughter donated her papers in 1978 to the Smithsonian Archives of American Art Biographyon the Cleveland Museum of Art website, taken from Robinson and Steinberg, "Transformations in Cleveland Art" (CMA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] < |