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1889 Kamenets-Podolski, Russia - 1963 Winona, Minnesota. Known for: Figure-landscape, still life and genre painting.
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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Keywords (52)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
- •Giverny, France
- •Russia
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •John Vanderpoel
- •Wellington Reynolds
- •William Merritt Chase
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Chicago Academy/School of Fine Arts, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Anna and Frank Hall Collection, Sheldon Gallery, Lincoln
- •Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (1)
- •Daniel J Terra Collection
- •Friedman Collection-Chicago
- •Pfeil Collection-Impressionists
- •The Marshall Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts