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"tombstone": "First Snow, 1933. George G. Adomeit (American, born Kingdom of Prussia [now Lithuania], 1879\u20131967). Color linocut; image: 16.5 x 19.3 cm (6 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1934.311",
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"inscription": "Signed and dated, in graphite, at bottom right: Geo G Adomeit \u201833",
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"title": "The May Show: 15th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen",
"description": "The May Show: 15th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 2-June 11, 1933).",
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"title": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show",
"description": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).",
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"did_you_know": "This image was published as part of the Print-A-Month series operated by the Cleveland Print Makers in August 1933.",
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"description": "Adomeit often used local Ohio views as inspiration for his works, such as this winter scene based on houses in Lakewood. The muted browns of the buildings are typical of Adomeit\u2019s color selection, which was inspired by the Barbizon school\u2014an earlier French movement known for its earthy hues\u2014for a majority of his career. The many variations of this image demonstrate the artist\u2019s experimentation and willingness to revisit a work. In fact, this print is based on a painting that was exhibited at the 1930 Carnegie International.",
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"citation": "George G. Adomeit collection. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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"biography": "A major painter of American scene subjects, George Adomeit was born in Memel, Germany and came to Cleveland at the age of four with his family. He worked as a commercial printer and lithographer for most of his life. After serving an apprenticeship in a local photo-engraving shop, he cofounded the Caxton Company, an engraving and commercial art firm that gained national acclaim. He eventually served as company president and, although his duties at the firm were time-consuming, he continued to pursue painting and printmaking. His talent for drawing led to formal art training, first at the Art Club with Frederick Gottwald, Max Bohn, and Ora Coltman and later at the Cleveland School of Art, from which he graduated in 1911. Adomeit's first solo exhibition, at Taylor Gallery (1912), was of work painted during previous summers in Zoar, Ohio, a popular outdoor painting locale for artists interested in rural subject matter. One of the founders of the Cleveland Society of Artists, Adomeit exhibited with that organization through the 1930s, and his paintings appeared regularly in the May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art (1919-1959). His imagery was inspired by many locations, including the Cleveland area and vacation spots such as Cape Cod, Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine, and sites in Mexico, Canada, and Brazil. He also attained a national reputation by exhibiting in annual group shows at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1925-1941), the Toledo Museum of Art (1928-1935), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1928-1937), and museums in Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Los Angeles, and New York. During the 1940s, his paintings appeared in solo exhibitions at galleries in Cleveland and Washington, D. C. After his retirement from the Caxton Company in 1956, Adomeit continued to travel, paint, and exhibit.
\"Transformations in Cleveland Art\" (CMA, 1996), p. 221.
Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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