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Birth
1864 (Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany)
Death
1949 (Carmel, California)
Lived/Active
New York/California
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marine, seascape, landscape, figure painting
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| Born in Nuremberg, Germany on July 11, 1864. Ritschel was educated at the Latin and Industrial School in Nuremberg. As a youth he worked as a sailor and it was during this time that he began sketching marine subjects. He studied art at the Royal Academy in Munich under Raupp and Kaulbach before immigrating to NYC in 1895. In 1911 he settled in Carmel, CA while continuing to exhibit on the East Coast and in Europe. His paintings of the sea earned him international acclaim and in 1914 he was (showing 500 of 9801 characters). |
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