Ted Claus
Ted Claus (d. 1976) was a German-American Bahá’í who was an artist and author.
Background[edit]
Claus was born in Germany. His father was Jewish and was killed by the Nazi regime and Claus moved to the United States, serving in the military as an interpreter during the Second World War. He lived in New York where he studied at the Art Students League and he worked as a fashion illustrator in the late 1940's and early 1950's.[1] He married at some point and he and his wife had become Bahá’ís by 1960, pioneering from New Jersey to Fort Defiance, Arizona, that year.[2]
Claus moved to New Mexico after a divorce and in 1965 he facilitated sessions at a Bahá’í Youth Conference in Santa Fe.[3] In New Mexico he lived with the Navajo and Hopi peoples, studying Native American spirituality, and was given the name Red Beard. He worked as an artist in later life and also as an illustrator when struggling financially. He passed away due to a heart attack in 1976.[1]
Publications[edit]
- 1966 - The New Light on the Spirit Path[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://earlycal.com/products/ted-claus-mythological-hopi-painting-guardian-snake-spirits-oil-on-canvas-p3104
- ↑ NSA of the United States, 1959-1960 Annual Report, p 21
- ↑ Baha'i News (1965). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 406, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 423, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
