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. Encouraged by his family, he set up a drawing studio in his home at the age of eight. Adomeit took art lessons throughout his high school years and, after winning a full scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art, chose instead a three-year apprenticeship in lithography. He was the cofounder of the Caxton Company, an engraving and commercial art firm that gained national acclaim.
Adomeit's talent for drawing led him to formal training at the Cleveland School of Art, where he graduated in 1911. His first exhibition was of work done outdoors in Zoar, Ohio, a popular plein air painting locale for artists interested in rural subject matter. His imagery was inspired by many other 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.
Adomeit gained a national reputation by showing in exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and many museums in the East and Midwest. After his retirement from the Caxton Company in 1956, Adomeit continued to travel, paint and exhibit.
Biography from Massillon Museum
Works by George Gustav Adomeit
Pigeon Cove, Rockport, MA George Gustav Adomeit
Overview George Gustav Adomeit
Barns in Rural Landscape George Gustav Adomeit
White Barn, ca. 1910 George Gustav Adomeit
Beachside Village, Maine George Gustav Adomeit
Coastal Scene George Gustav Adomeit
Summer Landscape George Gustav Adomeit
Cape Ann Coast, 1922 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Chagrin Valley Evening, c. 1930s George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Sketch for Mayfield Road at Green, c. 1932 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Mayfield Road, South Euclid, Looking West at Green, 1932 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Mayfield Center, 1932 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
A Glimpse of Provincetown Harbor George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Monhegan Island, Maine George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Harbor at Monhegan Island George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Coastal Waves George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Farm House, Chagrin Falls, Ohio George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Monhegan Village George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Ohio Countryside George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Quarry George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Boothbay Harbor, 1924 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Memorials, Erie Street Cemetery, Downtown Cleveland, 1928 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
West Virginia Hill Side, 1930 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Haystacks George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Landscape with Haystack on the Old John D.Rockefeller Property, Cleveland George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
George Adomeit - First Snow, 1933 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Vegetable Garden, Zoar, Ohio, ca. 1935-40 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Rural Farm, 1937 George Gustav Adomeit
SOLD
Monhegan, Maine, c.1940 George Gustav Adomeit