Life and Artistic Training Alma Erdmann was a German painter and illustrator. Her artistic education began under Caspar Ritter in Karlsruhe, followed by studies in Düsseldorf with Hugo Crola and Claus Meyer. During this era, women were not permitted to study at the art academies in Karlsruhe or Düsseldorf, though some professors provided private lessons or accepted female students into private classes. Erdmann was a member of several o…