Known primarily for his sunny, Impressionist landscape paintings, often with figures, Louis Ritman earned much of his reputation for the work he produced during the time he was in Giverny, France,... Read full biography
Known primarily for his sunny, Impressionist landscape paintings, often with figures, Louis Ritman earned much of his reputation for the work he produced during the time he was in Giverny, France, home of Claude Monet, a key Impressionist. Born in Kamenets-Podolsky, Russia, he emigrated with his... Read full biography
Known primarily for his sunny, Impressionist landscape paintings, often with figures, Louis Ritman earned much of his reputation for the work he produced during the time he was in Giverny, France, home of Claude Monet, a key Impressionist. Born in Kamenets-Podolsky, Russia, he emigrated with his family to Chicago in 1903, and first travelled from his home in Chicago to Paris in 1910 when he could afford the art training there that so many American artists felt was crucial to professional... Read full biography
Known primarily for his sunny, Impressionist landscape paintings, often with figures, Louis Ritman earned much of his reputation for the work he produced during the time he was in Giverny, France, home of Claude Monet, a key Impressionist. Born in Kamenets-Podolsky, Russia, he emigrated with his family to Chicago in 1903, and first travelled from his home in Chicago to Paris in 1910 when he could afford the art training there that so many American artists felt was crucial to professional achievement. He enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Julian, but the turning point in his career was meeting Impressionist Frederick Frieseke at a cafe in Paris. Frieseke invited him to Giverny, where he first went in 1911, and from that... Read full biography
Known primarily for his sunny, Impressionist landscape paintings, often with figures, Louis Ritman earned much of his reputation for the work he produced during the time he was in Giverny, France, home of Claude Monet, a key Impressionist. Born in Kamenets-Podolsky, Russia, he emigrated with his family to Chicago in 1903, and first travelled from his home in Chicago to Paris in 1910 when he could afford the art training there that so many American artists felt was crucial to professional achievement. He enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Julian, but the turning point in his career was meeting Impressionist Frederick Frieseke at a cafe in Paris. Frieseke invited him to Giverny, where he first went in 1911, and from that time his style changed from Academic to Impressionist. The small town with beautiful gardens and landscape vistas and quaint rural... Read full biography
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About Louis Ritman: Books
Books & Publications (41)
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A Legacy of Giving: The Anna and Frank Hall Collection (The Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Embury, Stuart; Brandon K. Ruud; Norman Geske; Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Introduction
80 pages (color)
Midwestern Visions of Impressionism: 1890-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Massillon Museum
0 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Fine American Art from 1845 to 1960 (Spanierman Gallery, LLC (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Reis, Mary Clare; Lisa N. Peters et all
0 pages (color)
The Friedman Collection: Artists of Chicago (Spanierman Gallery, LLC) (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Gerdts, Dr. William H. (essay)
88 pages (color)
Pennsylvania Impressionism
2002
Gerdts, William; Brian H. Peterson & Yount
340 pages (color)
Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights
2002
Komanecky, Michael K. (editor)
352 pages (color)
110 Years of American Art:1830-1940 (Spanierman Galleries, LLC) (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Spanierman, Deborah (essay)
136 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Marshall Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Love, Richard H; William H. Marshall
108 pages (color)
American Art From the Dicke Collection
1997
The Dayton Art Institute
264 pages (color)
Women of Fashion French and American Images of Leisure 1880-1920 (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Weisberg, Gabriel P
188 pages (color)
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
Masterworks of American Impressionism from the Pfeil Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Gerdts, William H
282 pages (color)
Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865-1915 (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Gerdts, William H (essay); Helene Ahrweiler, Roger Mandle
286 pages (color)
American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art
1992
Strazdes, Diana
511 pages (color)
American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County
1991
Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick
510 pages (color)
American Impressionism from the Sheldon Memorial Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Gerdts, William (Essay); George Neubert, (Editor)
79 pages (color)
American Impressionist Masterpieces
1991
Peters, Lisa N
119 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Louis Ritman From Chicago to Giverney
1989
Love, Richard H
279 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
A Proud Heritage Two Centuries of American Art
1987
Neff, Terry (editor)
300 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Impressionism (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Gerdts, William H
336 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Directions in American Painting 1875-1925 (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Rodriguez Roque, Oswaldo
112 pages (color)
American Impressionism
1974
Boyle, Richard
238 pages (color)
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1950
Metropolitan Museum of Art
60 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1933
Harshe, Robert (Introduction)
215 pages
The History and Ideals of American Art
1931
Neuhaus, Eugen
444 pages
The Nebraska Art Association: Catalogue 22nd Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1916
15 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit