Adolf Schrödter

Adolf Schrödter or Adolph Schroedter (28 June 1805, Schwedt – 9 December 1875, Karlsruhe) was a German painter and graphic artist; associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

In 1840, he married Alwine Heuser, from Gummersbach, the daughter of a wealthy merchant and niece of the painter, Henriette Jügel.

Shortly after, he and his family moved to Frankfurt am Main, where he worked on several parodies with the politician and writer, Johann Hermann Detmold [de].

His works encompassed several types and styles: painting, illustrating, engraving, etching, woodcutting, and lithography, as well as creating ornaments.

His technical writings include Das Zeichnen als ästhetisches Bildungsmittel (Drawing as an aesthetic means of education, 1853) and Schule der Aquarellmalerei (School of watercolor painting, 1871).

Self-portrait (1835)
Don Quixote in the library; one of his most familiar works
Falstaff and his Page