Henry Ritter (1816 - 1853)

Henry Ritter

Henry Ritter was a Canadian-born German genre painter and illustrator; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. From 1836 to 1847, he was a student at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. During his last seven years there, he was a member of the Master Class and had his own studio at the Akademie. He was, perhaps, better known as an illustrator than a painter. From 1847, he was a regular contributor to the satirical Düsseldorfer Monathefte. In 1849, he published Der Politische Struwwelpeter, a satire on the recent Revolution and the subject of German unification; based on the children's book, Struwwelpeter. From 1851 to 1853, he provided drawings for albums published by Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter. Among his notable book illustrations are those for a collection of works by Washington Irving.

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Date and place of birt:	24 may 1816, Montréal, Canada
Date and place of death:	21 december 1853, Düsseldorf, Germany
Nationality:	Germany, Canada
Period of activity:	XIX century
Specialization:	Artist, Genre painter, Graphic artist, Illustrator, Painter
Art school / group:	Düsseldorf school of painting, Malkasten Artists' Association
Genre:	Flower still life, Genre art, Still life
Art style:	Realism
Technique:	Gouache, Graphite, Hand graphic, Lithography, Oil, Oil on canvas, Pencil, Watercolor