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British Consulate 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).Austrian rails are now electrified from Vienna's new West Station dear to Buchs, at the Swiss frontier. Danube steamers are practical for use by tourists upstream only, from Vienna to Linz, in the American sector, this being the lovely and celebrated castle country of the Nibelungen, and on, next day, to Passau in Bavaria. A special permit must be obtained in Vienna from the American british consulate dusseldorf and this will be issued on the third working day after application.
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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