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Birmingham To Dusseldorf: RITTER, Henry, Canadian artist: b. Montreal, 1816; d. Dusseldorf, Germany, Dec. 21, 1853. He studied in Hamburg and Dusseldorf, and spent most of his life abroad. He specialized in subjects of a nautical character and his work was noted for its excellent coloring and careful finish as well as its originality. At his death he left unfinished a number of paintings as well as a series of illustrations for Washington Irving's works. Among his works are Offer of Marriage in Normandy (1842), The Poacher (1847), Indians Flying Before a Burning Prairie (1851) ; and Middy's Sermon (1853).32. British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Ninth Meeting at birmingham to dusseldorf (London, 1839), p. 4. 33. Lo Duca, Bayard (Paris: Prisma, 1943), pp. 22-23.
RETHEL, ra'tel, Alfred, German historical painter and graphic artist: b. near Aachen, May 15, 1816; d/Dusseldorf, Dec. 1, 1859. In 1836, after study at the Academy of Diisseldorf, he went to Frankfurt, where he painted The Resurrection of Christ (in the church of St. Nicholas) ; Daniel in the Lion's Den and Guardian Angel of Emperor Maximilian (in the Stadel Institute) ; portraits of Maximilian I and II, Philip of Swabia, and Charles V (on walls of the imperial hall in the Romer). |
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