Luise Adelaide Lavinia Schopenhauer, known as Adele Schopenhauer (12 July 1797 – 25 August 1849), was a German author. She was the sister of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and daughter of author Johanna Schopenhauer. Henriette Sommer and Adrian van der Venne were pseudonyms used by her.
Adele Schopenhauer
Adele Schopenhauer in 1841 Portrait by Alexander von Sternberg
Johanna and Adele Schopenhauer (as a child), 1806. Painting by Caroline Bardua.Residence and business office of the Schopenhauer family until 1805, located at New Wandrahm 92, Hamburg (since demolished, today Speicherstadt)Papercutself-portrait
Adele Schopenhauer was born in Hamburg to Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer, a businessman, and his wife Johanna. She grew up in Weimar under the influence of a circle of artists and scholars who gathered in the literary salon run by her mother, but she received no formal education. She was highly gifted and engaged in literature and poetry. She not only wrote fairy tales, poems, and novels, but was also a talented papercut artist. Both her papercuts and her literary contributions have been recognized and appreciated, especially in the English-speaking world.[1] She was sociable and likable, but her love interests were unrequited, and she never married.[2]
Loss of assets in 1819edit
In May 1819, the Danzig banking house Muhl collapsed. Johanna and Adele Schopenhauer had deposited all the money they had inherited upon Heinrich Schopenhauer's death in 1805 in that bank, and thus lost a large part of their assets when the bank collapsed. Arthur Schopenhauer had wisely left only one-third of his assets in Muhl and was not willing to engage in a settlement with Muhl. This incident led to a further deterioration of the relationship between the two women and Arthur, because they repeatedly sent him letters, in vain, asking him to approve the settlement.[3] The further development of the lawsuit proved Arthur right. Mother and daughter settled on an agreement with a 70% loss and lost most of their wealth. Arthur, however, waited and refused to cash in his promissory notes. Muhl, who was considered a shrewd tactician, tried till the end to get Arthur to agree to a settlement with the generous offer of a 70% asset return plus a flock of sheep. But when Muhl recovered financially and again became solvent, Arthur was able to get his entire money back some years later.
A close friend of Goethe's daughter-in-law Ottilie (de), Adele Schopenhauer often visited Goethe's house in Weimar. She was known to have called Goethe "father", and he praised her abilities.[4][5]
This loss of wealth was not without drastic consequences. Although Johanna could make some earnings through her writing career and Adele retained some residual assets because she was protected in part by her immaturity, the lifestyle of the Schopenhauer women in the 1820s was very different from that of earlier years. This is also apparent from a letter Adele wrote 17 years after the loss, in which she speaks of "false prosperity".[6]
Move to Bonnedit
Due to the change of circumstances in Weimar and their unfavorable financial situation, the standing of the Schopenhauers in Weimar apparently dropped.[7] Adele was able, in 1828, to persuade her mother Johanna to move to Bonn. They could not initially afford to live year-round in Bonn, so they temporarily moved to Unkel, a cheaper city. In Bonn, Adele was a close friend of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff and of Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen.
After her mother's death in 1838, Schopenhauer travelled a lot, mostly to Italy, until she finally returned to Bonn, seriously ill, where she died in 1849 and was buried on Goethe's 100th birthday. Her friend Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen made a touching epitaph in Italian. Four days after Schopenhauer's funeral, Mertens-Schaaffhausen held a private memorial service, following a pattern from classical antiquity, in her garden on Wilhelmstraße. Adele Schopenhauer's grave is located in the old cemetery in Bonn.[8]
Literary worksedit
Anna. Ein Roman aus der nächsten Vergangenheit [Anna: A novel from the most recent past]. Parts 1–2. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1845.
Eine dänische Geschichte [A Danish story], Braunschweig: Westermann, 1848.
Gedichte und Scherenschnitte [Poems and silhouettes]. 2 volumes. Edited by H. H. Houben and Hans Wahl. Leipzig: Klinkhardt, 1920.
Volume 1: Poetry
Volume 2: Papercuts
Haus-, Wald- und Feenmärchen [Fairy tales of the home, the forest, and of fairies]. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1844.
Tagebuch einer Einsamen [Diary of a lonely one]. Edited, and with an introduction, by H. H. Houben. With silhouettes of the author and an appendix by Rahel E. Feilchenfeldt-Steiner; Munich: Matthes & Seits Verlag, 1985.
Florenz. Ein Reiseführer mit Anekdoten und Erzählungen [Florence: A guide with anecdotes and stories]; 1847/48. Edited by Waltraud Maierhofer. Weimar: VDG, 2007.
Vom-Niederrhein [From the lower Rhine]. Edited by Ulrich Bornemann. Calendar for the Kleverland for the year 2009. Kleve 2008, pages 99–117. ISBN978-3-89413-009-1
Papercut artedit
Referencesedit
Citationsedit
^Weber, Christa (21 November 2009). "Adele Schopenhauer". Deutscher Scherenschnittverein e.V. [German papercut art]. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
Franz Brümmer (1891), "Schopenhauer, Adele", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 32, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 332–333
Domietta Seeliger (2007), "Schopenhauer, Adele", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 23, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 473–474; (full text online)
Büch, Gabriele (2002). Alles Leben ist Traum. Adele Schopenhauer. Eine Biographie [All life is a dream. Adele Schopenhauer: A biography] (in German). Berlin. ISBN3-7466-1797-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Seeliger, Domietta (2004). Adele Schopenhauer. Nicht nur die Schwester des Philosophen. Analyse des Erzählwerks von Adele Schopenhauer und der dramatischen Dichtung "Erlinde" von Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe und Adele Schopenhauer [Adele Schopenhauer: Not only the sister of the philosopher. Analysis of the narrative work of Adele Schopenhauer and the dramatic poem "Erlinde" by Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe and Adele Schopenhauer.] (in German). Frankfurt on Main: Lang (Dissertation, University of Perugia). ISBN3-631-53227-X.
Hein, Karsten (2001). Ottilie von Goethe (1796–1872). Biographie und literarische Beziehungen der Schwiegertochter Goethes [Ottilie von Goethe (1796-1872): Biography and literary relationships of Goethe's daughter-in-law] (in German). Frankfurt on Main: Peter Lang GmbH. ISBN3-631-37438-0.
Pohl, Ilse (2005). Miniaturen – Über Cornelia Goethe, Adele Schopenhauer, Clara Schumann und Annette von Droste-Hülshoff [Mini biographies: On Cornelia Goethe, Adele Schopenhauer, Clara Schumann, and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff] (in German). Frankfurt on Main: Cornelia Goethe Academy Publishers. ISBN3-933800-06-4.
Steidele, Angela (2010). Geschichte einer Liebe: Adele Schopenhauer und Sibylle Mertens [The story of a love: Adele Schopenhauer and Sibylle Mertens] (in German). Berlin and Frankfurt: Suhrkamp/Insel. ISBN978-3-458-17454-7.
Rahmeyer, Ruth (2002). Ottilie von Goethe. Eine Biographie [Ottilie von Goethe: A Biography] (in German). Frankfurt on Main: Insel.
Ujma, Christina; Fischer, Rotraut (2008). ""Florenz lebt!", Adele Schopenhauer, Fanny Lewald und die Florenzbeschreibungen in Vor- und Nachmärz." ["Florence is alive!" Adele Schopenhauer, Fanny Lewald, and Florence descriptions before and after the March Revolution]. Jahrbuch für internationale Germanistik [Yearbook of International German Studies] (in German). Vol. 40. pp. 85–104.
Gwinner, Wilhelm von (1878). Schopenhauer's Leben [Schopenhauer's life] (in German). Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
Christa Bürger: Die Erotomanin, die sich nicht traut: Das gescheiterte Leben Adele Schopenhauers ("The erotomaniac who doesn't dare: The failed life of Adele Schopenhauer"), Transcript of segment aired on 9 June 2013 as part of the program Essay und Diskurs ("Essay and discourse") on Deutschlandfunk
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Luise Adelaide Lavinia Schopenhauer known as Adele Schopenhauer 12 July 1797 25 August 1849 was a German author She was the sister of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and daughter of author Johanna Schopenhauer Henriette Sommer and Adrian van der Venne were pseudonyms used by her Adele SchopenhauerAdele Schopenhauer in 1841Portrait by Alexander von SternbergBornLuise Adelaide Lavinia Schopenhauer 1797 07 12 12 July 1797Hamburg Holy Roman EmpireDied25 August 1849 1849 08 25 aged 52 Bonn German ConfederationResting placeBonn GermanyPen nameHenriette Sommer Adrian van der VenneOccupationAuthorpapercut artistLanguageGermanParentsJohanna Schopenhauer mother RelativesArthur Schopenhauer brother Contents 1 Life and work 2 Loss of assets in 1819 3 Move to Bonn 4 Literary works 5 Papercut art 6 References 6 1 Citations 6 2 Bibliography 7 External linksLife and work edit nbsp Johanna and Adele Schopenhauer as a child 1806 Painting by Caroline Bardua nbsp Residence and business office of the Schopenhauer family until 1805 located at New Wandrahm 92 Hamburg since demolished today Speicherstadt nbsp Papercut self portrait Adele Schopenhauer was born in Hamburg to Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer a businessman and his wife Johanna She grew up in Weimar under the influence of a circle of artists and scholars who gathered in the literary salon run by her mother but she received no formal education She was highly gifted and engaged in literature and poetry She not only wrote fairy tales poems and novels but was also a talented papercut artist Both her papercuts and her literary contributions have been recognized and appreciated especially in the English speaking world 1 She was sociable and likable but her love interests were unrequited and she never married 2 Loss of assets in 1819 editIn May 1819 the Danzig banking house Muhl collapsed Johanna and Adele Schopenhauer had deposited all the money they had inherited upon Heinrich Schopenhauer s death in 1805 in that bank and thus lost a large part of their assets when the bank collapsed Arthur Schopenhauer had wisely left only one third of his assets in Muhl and was not willing to engage in a settlement with Muhl This incident led to a further deterioration of the relationship between the two women and Arthur because they repeatedly sent him letters in vain asking him to approve the settlement 3 The further development of the lawsuit proved Arthur right Mother and daughter settled on an agreement with a 70 loss and lost most of their wealth Arthur however waited and refused to cash in his promissory notes Muhl who was considered a shrewd tactician tried till the end to get Arthur to agree to a settlement with the generous offer of a 70 asset return plus a flock of sheep But when Muhl recovered financially and again became solvent Arthur was able to get his entire money back some years later A close friend of Goethe s daughter in law Ottilie de Adele Schopenhauer often visited Goethe s house in Weimar She was known to have called Goethe father and he praised her abilities 4 5 This loss of wealth was not without drastic consequences Although Johanna could make some earnings through her writing career and Adele retained some residual assets because she was protected in part by her immaturity the lifestyle of the Schopenhauer women in the 1820s was very different from that of earlier years This is also apparent from a letter Adele wrote 17 years after the loss in which she speaks of false prosperity 6 Move to Bonn editDue to the change of circumstances in Weimar and their unfavorable financial situation the standing of the Schopenhauers in Weimar apparently dropped 7 Adele was able in 1828 to persuade her mother Johanna to move to Bonn They could not initially afford to live year round in Bonn so they temporarily moved to Unkel a cheaper city In Bonn Adele was a close friend of Annette von Droste Hulshoff and of Sibylle Mertens Schaaffhausen After her mother s death in 1838 Schopenhauer travelled a lot mostly to Italy until she finally returned to Bonn seriously ill where she died in 1849 and was buried on Goethe s 100th birthday Her friend Sibylle Mertens Schaaffhausen made a touching epitaph in Italian Four days after Schopenhauer s funeral Mertens Schaaffhausen held a private memorial service following a pattern from classical antiquity in her garden on Wilhelmstrasse Adele Schopenhauer s grave is located in the old cemetery in Bonn 8 Literary works editAnna Ein Roman aus der nachsten Vergangenheit Anna A novel from the most recent past Parts 1 2 Leipzig Brockhaus 1845 Eine danische Geschichte A Danish story Braunschweig Westermann 1848 Gedichte und Scherenschnitte Poems and silhouettes 2 volumes Edited by H H Houben and Hans Wahl Leipzig Klinkhardt 1920 Volume 1 Poetry Volume 2 Papercuts Haus Wald und Feenmarchen Fairy tales of the home the forest and of fairies Leipzig Brockhaus 1844 Tagebuch einer Einsamen Diary of a lonely one Edited and with an introduction by H H Houben With silhouettes of the author and an appendix by Rahel E Feilchenfeldt Steiner Munich Matthes amp Seits Verlag 1985 Florenz Ein Reisefuhrer mit Anekdoten und Erzahlungen Florence A guide with anecdotes and stories 1847 48 Edited by Waltraud Maierhofer Weimar VDG 2007 Vom Niederrhein From the lower Rhine Edited by Ulrich Bornemann Calendar for the Kleverland for the year 2009 Kleve 2008 pages 99 117 ISBN 978 3 89413 009 1Papercut art edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp References editCitations edit Weber Christa 21 November 2009 Adele Schopenhauer Deutscher Scherenschnittverein e V German papercut art Retrieved 7 June 2014 Cartwright 2010 p 233 Gwinner 1878 Seeliger 2004 p 473 Cartwright 2010 p 232 Gwinner 1878 p 200 Gwinner 1878 p 387 Steidele 2010 Bibliography edit Franz Brummer 1891 Schopenhauer Adele Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie in German vol 32 Leipzig Duncker amp Humblot pp 332 333 Domietta Seeliger 2007 Schopenhauer Adele Neue Deutsche Biographie in German vol 23 Berlin Duncker amp Humblot pp 473 474 full text online Buch Gabriele 2002 Alles Leben ist Traum Adele Schopenhauer Eine Biographie All life is a dream Adele Schopenhauer A biography in German Berlin ISBN 3 7466 1797 9 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Seeliger Domietta 2004 Adele Schopenhauer Nicht nur die Schwester des Philosophen Analyse des Erzahlwerks von Adele Schopenhauer und der dramatischen Dichtung Erlinde von Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe und Adele Schopenhauer Adele Schopenhauer Not only the sister of the philosopher Analysis of the narrative work of Adele Schopenhauer and the dramatic poem Erlinde by Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe and Adele Schopenhauer in German Frankfurt on Main Lang Dissertation University of Perugia ISBN 3 631 53227 X Hein Karsten 2001 Ottilie von Goethe 1796 1872 Biographie und literarische Beziehungen der Schwiegertochter Goethes Ottilie von Goethe 1796 1872 Biography and literary relationships of Goethe s daughter in law in German Frankfurt on Main Peter Lang GmbH ISBN 3 631 37438 0 Pohl Ilse 2005 Miniaturen Uber Cornelia Goethe Adele Schopenhauer Clara Schumann und Annette von Droste Hulshoff Mini biographies On Cornelia Goethe Adele Schopenhauer Clara Schumann and Annette von Droste Hulshoff in German Frankfurt on Main Cornelia Goethe Academy Publishers ISBN 3 933800 06 4 Steidele Angela 2010 Geschichte einer Liebe Adele Schopenhauer und Sibylle Mertens The story of a love Adele Schopenhauer and Sibylle Mertens in German Berlin and Frankfurt Suhrkamp Insel ISBN 978 3 458 17454 7 Rahmeyer Ruth 2002 Ottilie von Goethe Eine Biographie Ottilie von Goethe A Biography in German Frankfurt on Main Insel Ujma Christina Fischer Rotraut 2008 Florenz lebt Adele Schopenhauer Fanny Lewald und die Florenzbeschreibungen in Vor und Nachmarz Florence is alive Adele Schopenhauer Fanny Lewald and Florence descriptions before and after the March Revolution Jahrbuch fur internationale Germanistik Yearbook of International German Studies in German Vol 40 pp 85 104 Gwinner Wilhelm von 1878 Schopenhauer s Leben Schopenhauer s life in German Leipzig F A Brockhaus Retrieved 7 June 2014 Cartwright David E 2010 Schopenhauer A Biography Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0521825986 External links editLiterature by and about Adele Schopenhauer in the German National Library catalogue Works by Adele Schopenhauer at Projekt Gutenberg DE in German Full text of poems by Adele Schopenhauer Christa Burger Die Erotomanin die sich nicht traut Das gescheiterte Leben Adele Schopenhauers The erotomaniac who doesn t dare The failed life of Adele Schopenhauer Transcript of segment aired on 9 June 2013 as part of the program Essay und Diskurs Essay and discourse on Deutschlandfunk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adele Schopenhauer amp oldid 1142896600, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
