biography of Louis RITMAN (1889-1963)

Birth place: Russia

Addresses: Paris, France, 1913-14; Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: AIC with J. Vanderpoel; W.M. Chase; W.J. Reynolds; …cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1913-16, 1924-44, 1952; Pan-Pacific Expo, 1915 (med.); NAD, 1918 (prize; medal), 1951 (prize); AIC, 1930 (gold), 1932 (med.), 1939 (prize), 1940 (med.), 1941 (med.); Chicago AG, 1915 (prize); Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1919-45 (6 times).

Member: Am. Artists Assn., Paris; ANA; Am. Soc. PS&G; Assoc. Nat. Beaux-Arts, Paris.

Work: Chicago Munic. Art Lg.; Des Moines AC; PAFA.

Comments: One of the leading Post-Impressionists working at Giverny. Teaching: AIC Sch., 1930s.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Bruce Weber, The Giverny Luminists: Frieseke, Miller, and Their Circle; Falk, Exh. Record Series; PAFA, vol. II and WW15 cite his address as Paris in 1913-14.