Wilhelm Georg Ritter
Wilhelm Georg Ritter (born February 18, 1850 in Marburg , † June 16, 1926 in Moritzburg near Dresden ) was a romantic painter . He was a member of the Willingshausen painters 'colony and the Goppeln artists' colony .
Life
Wilhelm Georg Ritter trained as a painter at the Munich Art Academy from 1868 to 1873 and was a master student of Arthur von Ramberg . In 1874 he studied in Berlin.
From 1877 to 1878 he painted in Funchal , Madeira . From 1880 to 1882 he moved to Weimar , where he a. a. met his future brother-in-law, the painter Otto Piltz . In 1883, encouraged by Carl Bantzer , he moved to Dresden . In 1884 he married the porcelain painter Anna Schilling . For many years he ran a painting school with her.
Wilhelm Ritter discovered the scenic charms of Goppeln for the Dresden painters and attracted numerous artists to the newly founded artist colony Goppeln . By King Friedrich August III. from Saxony he was awarded the title of professor.
Wilhelm Ritter came to the Willingshausen painters' colony (Hesse) for the first time in 1892 . During his creative phase there, he lived in the Forsthof near the forester Hücker. In Willingshausen he mainly worked as a draftsman for Schwalm traditional costumes and Schwalm landscapes. In 1910 he lived in the Schwalm village of Wiera .
He was artistically active as a painter and draftsman. From his Swiss painter friend Charles François Vuillermet he had learned to reduce the draft of a picture to the size of a postage stamp in order to achieve the greatest simplicity and clarity in the composition. His work is characterized by conscientious, realistic representation. His balanced compositions mostly show romantic architectural scenes with small-town life and landscapes.
Wilhelm Georg Ritter was a member of the German Association of Artists . Ritter's summer studio in Moritzburg is a listed building ( Bahnhofstrasse 8 ).
Works (selection)
- Calf gate
- Treysa Bridge
- Early spring on the stream
- Großsedlitz pond
- Goppelner mill
literature
- Carl Bantzer : Knight, Wilhelm. In: Ingeborg Schnack (Ed.): Life pictures from Kurhessen and Waldeck 1830–1930. 1939, pp. 221-226.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Members from 1903: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists. Deutscher Künstlerbund, accessed on August 6, 2019 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ritter, Wilhelm Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1926 |
| Place of death | Moritzburg near Dresden |