Clara Ewald
Clara Ewald (1859–1948) was a German artist known for her portraits.
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Clara Ewald

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- Name
- Clara Ewald
- Birth Name
- Clara Pilippson
- Born
- 22 October 1859
- Birthplace
- Düsseldorf, Kingdom of Prussia
- Died
- 15 January 1948
- Place of death
- Belfast, Ireland
- Field
- Painting Clara Ewald (1859–1948) was a German artist known for her portraits.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Clara Ewald • Birth Name — Clara Pilippson • Born — 22 October 1859 • Birthplace — Düsseldorf, Kingdom of Prussia • Died — 15 January 1948 • Place of death — Belfast, Ireland • Field — Painting Clara Ewald (1859–1948) was a German artist known for her portraits.
Biography
Biography
Ewald née Pilippson was born on 22 October 1859 in Düsseldorf, Kingdom of Prussia. She was a student of William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Otto Brausewetter, and Karl Gussow. After the death of her husband in 1909 Ewald settled in an artists' colony on Lake Ammer near Munich. In 1938 Ewald and her son, Peter moved to Cambridge, England. They moved again to Belfast, Ireland, when Peter took a job at Queen's University. Ewald died on 15 January 1948 in Belfast. Ewald has portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, London, specifically a 1911 portrait of Rupert Brooke and a portrait of Albert Schweitzer from the 1930s. She has other works in British collections including a portrait of Paul Dirac at The Royal Society.
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• Illustration — Paul Dirac • Illustration — Rupert Brooke • Illustration — Albert Schweitzer

Clara Ewald - Rupert Brooke
Clara Ewald · National Portrait Gallery

Clara Ewald - Albert Schweitzer
Clara Ewald · National Portrait Gallery
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- 1.Astrid Mehmel: Philippson. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie. Band 20, 2001, S. 395–397.
- 2.The London Gazette. 15. Juli 1859, S. 2777, Nr. 1607 (PDF)
- 3.The London Gazette, Ausgabe vom 19. August 1862, S. 4115, Nr. 1091 (PDF)
- 4.Ewaldiana. In: DGK-Mitteilungen. 44, S. 78 (PDF)
- 5.Michael Schubert: Der schwarze Fremde. Das Bild des Schwarzafrikaners in der parlamentarischen und publizistischen Kolonialdiskussion in Deutschland von den 1870er bis in die 1930er Jahre. Dissertation Universität Oldenburg 2001. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08267-0, S. 83 (books.google.de)
- 6.F. C. Philippson: Die Reform der Patent-Gesetzgebung. Düsseldorf 1860 (Digitalisat)
- 7.F. C. Philippson: Der Freihandel in Eisen und seine Gegner. Berlin 1876 (Digitalisat)
- 8.F. C. Philippson: Ueber Colonisation. Berlin 1880 (PDF)
- 9.Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Volkswirthschaftslehre für Anfänger. Nach der 6. Auflage des englischen Originals, für Deutsche bearbeitet von F.C. Philippson. Berlin 1888.
- 10.Ferdinand Carl Philippson: Handel und Verkehr im 19. Jahrhundert. Berlin 1899 (Digitalisat)
- 11.Alexander Kapp trat in den 1830er Jahren durch philosophisch unterlegte erziehungswissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen in Erscheinung. Er war Förderer des Turnens und gilt als Begründer des staatspädagogischen Konzepts der Andragogik. Seine Brüder waren der Gymnasialdirektor Friedrich Christian Georg Kapp und der Gymnasiallehrer und Philosoph Ernst Kapp, sein Neffe der nationalliberale Politiker Friedrich Kapp.
- 12.H. A. Bethe, G. Hildebrandt: Paul Peter Ewald. In: Biographical Memoirs. Band 34, Royal Society, London 1988, S. 136 (PDF)
- 13.Silvan S. Schweber: Nuclear Forces. The Making of the Physicist Hans Bethe. Harvard University Press, Cambridge/Massachusetts/London 2012, ISBN 978-0-674-06587-1, S. 363 (books.google.de)
- 14.Horst Fuhrmann: „Sind eben alles Menschen gewesen“. Gelehrtenleben im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Verlag C. H. Beck, München 1996, ISBN 3-406-40280-1, S. 88 (books.google.de)
- 15.Leben und Werk Clara Ewalds im virtuellen Museum kuk.art der JES-Kulturstiftung. 2023.
- 16.Clara Ewald, Objektdatenblatt im Portal ngg.org.uk (National Portrait Gallery London)
- 17.Friedrichstraße 15, Schwabing-West – vgl. Adreßbuch für München und Umgebung, Band 1911, München 1911, S. 130 (Digitalisat)
- 18.Peter Edgerly Firchow: Strange Metings. Anglo-German Literary Encounters from 1910 to 1960. The Catholic University of America Pres, Washington, D.C. 2008, ISBN 978-0-8132-1533-4, S. 49 (books.google.de)
- 19., Webseite mit Künstlerbiografien im Portal holzhausen-am-ammersee.de, abgerufen am 15. November 2017.
- 20.Ewald, Paul (1888–1985), Physiker, Biografie im Portal kipnis.de, abgerufen am 15. November 2017.
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