Alwine Schroedter

Alwine Schroedter or Schrödter, née Heuser (13 February 1820, Gummersbach – 12 April 1892, Karlsruhe), was a German painter and illustrator; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule.

She was the last of six children born to the paint and wine merchant, Heinrich Daniel Theodor Heuser (1767–1848), and his wife, Katharina Luisa née Jügel (1776–1841).

At the age of seventeen, Alwine went to join Adeline in Frankfurt am Main, where she was helping their widower uncle, the publisher and bookseller, Carl Christian Jügel [de], raise his two sons.

In 1848, she and Adolph moved to Frankfurt, where they became part of the cultural circle around the psychologist and children's book author, Heinrich Hoffmann.

Their circle of friends in Karlsruhe was focused around the theatrical director, Eduard Devrient, through whom they met Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann.