biography of Chris RITTER (1908-1976)

Birth place: Iola, KS

Death place: Maine

Addresses: NYC; Ogunquit, ME

Profession: Painter

Studied: Univ. Kansas (B.A.); ASL; Columbia Univ; BM Sch. Art; G. Grosz; M. Kantor.

Exhibited: Salons of Am.; AIC, 1938, 1940, 1942-46; BM, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945; Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1939; Denver AM, 1938 (prize), 1939-42; MMA; CM; Oakland Art Gal.; Jackson (MS) Mus. FA; Kansas City AI; NGA, 1941, 1945.; Oakland Art Mus.; Boston Art Festival, 1961; AWCS, 1960; Uptown Gal., 1939 (solo), 1942 (solo); Marquie Gal., 1943 (solo); Nat. Army Art Exh., 1945 (prize); Am.-British Gal., 1945 (solo); Laurel Gal., 1948 (solo), 1950 (solo), all in NY; Mississippi AA, 1947 (prize); Phila. Art All., 1948; Phila. Pr. Club, 1948 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1949; BM, 1949 (prize); Univ. Maine, 1964; Pinetree Designs Gal., Ogunquit, ME, 1964.

Work: BM; Univ. Georgia Mus.; U.S. Govt.; WMA; Ogunquit (ME) Mus. Art; Univ. Maine; NYPL; LOC; Everhart Mus. Art

Comments: Positions: dir., Laurel Gal., NYC, 1946-51; dir., Pinetree Designs Gal., Ogunquit, ME; pres., Ogunquit AA, 1957-61. Teaching: Hunter College, 1939-41; Cornell Univ., 1947; Ballard Sch., 1947-53; Midland (TX) AC, 1954; York & Kittery (ME) AA.; York Adult Educ. program; Portsmouth (NH) AA. Contrib.: Display World magazine.

Sources: WW66; WW47; Ogunquit, Maine's Art Colony, A Century of Color, 1886-1986 (exh. cat., Ogunquit: Barn Gallery Assoc., Inc., 1986); Falk, Exh. Record Series; add'l info. courtesy Selma Koss Holtz, Waban, MA.