Paul Ritter (1829-1907)

Paul Ritter was born in Nuremberg, Germany on March, 1829 and died November 27, 1907.

Ritter lost his hearing at the very young age of four years old. He overcame his incredible handicap my using his vision, and painting skills to express his feelings.

Paul received his formal training at the Düsseldorf School in Munich; where he studied architecture, historic paintings and engraving. He traveled in France, Austria, Denmark, and Italy before departing for the United States.

In 1860, he traveled to the United States and established a studio in Vermont where he painted the Green mountain range. He later traveled to North Conway, New Hampshire to continue his studies and paint with the other artists he had met in Munich. He traveled throughout the eastern United States. . Influenced by the art of the Hudson River School painters, his landscapes have the lovely clarity of luminous light and crisp natural detail that one finds in the works of artists working in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and New York.

Medal:
Gold Medal, Berlin, 1880

Listed:
Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, v.IV
E. Benezit: Dicionary of Painters, Sculptures, Designers and Engravers, v.XI
Thieme / Becker, v. 27/28
Who Was Who In American Art, 1564-1975, v.III