Clara Ewald

Clara Ewald was a German artist known for her portraits.

Biography

Ewald née Pilippson was born on 22 October 1859 in Düsseldorf, Kingdom of Prussia. She was a student of William-Adolphe Bouguereau,, 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, [Paul Paul Peter Ewald|Peter Ewald|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.