Herbert Davis Richter - Artist Info

About Herbert Davis Richter

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Davis Herbert Richter
  • Biography

    Rarely does an artist with such great talent as Herbert Davis Richter, discover his artistic ability so late in life. Richter, who became well known as a still life painter, spent his young adulthood as the chief designer & architect at the British-Bath Cabinet Company, a company his brother established.

    Richter was born in Brighton, in the County of Sussex, on May 10 1874. He was the fourth son of Frederick W. Richter. Shortly after he was born the family moved to Bath and he was brought up on a small farm in Lansdown. As a youngster he exhibited mechanical and artistic talent and a small workshop was built for him.

    Richter made an entrepreneurial decision in 1894, when he accepte...

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