William (Wilhelm) Frederick Ritschel (1864-1949) American/Germany

William (Wilhelm) Frederick Ritschel (1864-1949) Oil on Canvas, Signed lower right, measures 16 x 24 and 17.5 x 25.5 inches w/ frame. William Ritschel was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1864. He studied art at the Royal Academy in Munich before emigrating to New York City in 1895. Much of his young life was spent at sea, and it is not surprising that as an artist his focus was on capturing the sea with its many personalities. He was one of the first artists to establish residence in Carmel. After the San Francisco earthquake in 1906, many artists moved from the city seeking firmer soil, many to the East Bay and others to Carmel. Ritschel built a castle like house which he named Castellammare, named for a seaport town sounth of Naples, Italy.
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