Paul Ritter (1829-1907)
Paul Ritter was born in Nuremberg, Germany on May 4, 1829 and died on November 27, 1907. He received his formal training at the Dusseldorf School in Munich. In 1860, he traveled to the United States and established a studio in Vermont where he painted the Green mountain range. He later traveled to North Conway, New Hampshire to continue his studies and painted with the other artists he had met in Munich. He traveled throughout the eastern United States painting in the White Mountains and the Hudson River Valley.
Influenced by Frederick Church’s Andes painting, Ritter joined a group of American artists on a trip to explore and paint in the Andes Mountains. Upon his return, Ritter found that the U.S. market for his tonal landscapes had diminished and he made the decision to return to Nuremberg.
Awards:
1880 Gold medal at the Berlin Exposition
Museums:
Nuremberg Museum
Berlin Museum
Listed:
E. Benezit, vol. 8, page 781
Thieme, U., Becker
Artists as Illustrators, 1800 to the Present
Index of Artistic Biography
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