{"id":1194,"date":"2019-04-02T10:17:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T08:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hst3151.host05.loswebos.de\/biographie\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T15:22:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:22:23","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/artist\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ce ce-onecol pb-large\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>Biography<\/h1>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ce ce-twocol pb-large\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio04sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio04sw.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio04sw-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-144 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio05sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio05sw.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio05sw-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol pb-medium\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"timeline-table\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1885<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Born on August 9 in Erfurt, the second child of five children of the merchant Franz Ritschl; siblings: an older sister, Lissi, and three younger sisters, Marie, Paula and Gertrud.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1891\u20131902<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Ritschl attends school in Hannover following his family\u2018s move to that city; writes his first play, \u201cAfra,\u201c which he turns over to Hermann- L\u00f6ns, at the age of 14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1903<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Basic military training.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1905<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Employment in various offices, followed by work as an office aide at the \u201cGouvernementsgericht\u201c (court of the occupation government) in Mainz.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1908<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Employment at the Landesbank Wiesbaden; writes variously, including plays.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1914<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Work as a trainer of civil defense recruits.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1915<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>At the age of 30, the author Ritschl witnesses the prem-iere performance of one of his plays at the Thalia-Theater in Hamburg. The manuscript of \u201cDer Rechnungsdirektor, Kom\u00f6die in drei Akten von Otto Ritschl\u201c is published- as a director\u2018s and prompter\u2018s book by Osterheld &amp; Co., Berlin; marriage to Dora N\u00f6tzel; return to employment at the Landesbank Wiesbaden-.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol pb-medium\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-159 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio02sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio02sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio02sw-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio02sw-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ritschls wife Dorothea with their son Helmut, 1923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol pb-medium\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"timeline-table\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1918<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>First attempts at painting; birth of his son Helmut.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1919<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Granted a one-year sabbatical from his position at the Landesbank Wiesbaden, allowing him to devote himself more intensively to painting; ceases- writing and destroys his manuscripts; first exhibition of his paintings by the Nassauischer Kunstverein on the premises of the Museum Wiesbaden; first sales of his work; termination of his career as a bank employee; Ritschl begins working exclu-sively as a free-lance artist in Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1920<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Travel to Dresden and Klotzsche to meet Conrad Felixm\u00fcller, who paints his portrait; visit to an exhibition organized by the occupation forces,<br \/>\nwhere he encounters the work of artists such as Paul C\u00e9zanne, Andr\u00e9 Derain and Henri Mattise, which impress him greatly; elected to the board of directors of the Nassauischer Kunstverein.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1923<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Election as ombudsman for the artists guild of Wiesbaden; contacts with Alexej von Jawlensky, who has been living in Wiesbaden since 1921, and ties of friendship with fellow artists such as the sculptor Arnold Hensler, the painter and architect Edmund Fabri and the painters Wolff Malm and Franz Schaurte.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1924<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Foundation of a business association for artists; Ritschl concerns himself with the art of Georges Braque.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1925<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Participation at the exhibition entitled \u201cNeue Sachlichkeit\u201c in Mannheim; Ritschl\u2018s encounter with the works of other participating artists is disappointing and causes him doubts about the possibilities of realistic modes of painting; foundation of the \u201cFreie K\u00fcnstlerschaft Wiesbaden\u201c; election as Chairman (until 1933); destruction of portions of his previous work.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1926 \u2013 1929<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Several trips to Paris, accompanied in some cases by friends such as Franz Schaurte (other sources mention only a single journey in 1929); stay of several months in the French capital in 1929; visits the art critic Wilhelm Uhde and becomes interested in the work of Ferdinand L\u00e9ger, in synthetic Cubism and in Surrealism; meets Max Ernst; lec-tures at the Volkshochschule in Wiesbaden towards the end of this period.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol pb-medium\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio03sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio03sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio03sw-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio03sw-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ritschl, 1927<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol pb-medium\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"timeline-table\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1932<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Last exhibition including abstract art shown by the Nassauischer Kunstverein in Wiesbaden, including works by Fritz Winter; Ritschl abandons figural motifs.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1933<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Participation in an exhibition at the Museum Folkwang in Essen. His pic-tures are removed following intervention by the National Socialists; retreat from public exposure and continuation of his work in the isolation of his studio; exchange of aesthetic ideas with Alexej von Jawlensky.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1934<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Ritschl meets Swami Yatiswarananda, who has been living in Wiesbaden as a guest of the Koch family since 1933; studies in the teachings of Vedanta, which continue even after the Swami\u2018s emigration to Switzerland (St. Moritz, 1935) and eventually to the US (1939).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1937<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Removal of \u201cdegenerate art,\u201c including paintings by Ritschl, from public collections; Ritschl focuses on aspects of cultural history within the context of a book project.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1939<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Employed as an administrative aide at the Finanzamt Wiesbaden (until 1942); Ritschl\u2018s paintings are packed and stored in his basement.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1941 \u2013 1944<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Preparation of lecture manuscripts on the teachings of Vedanta; Jawlensky dies (1941); Ritschl receives notifica-tion that his son is missing in action (1942); destruction of his studio and three changes of domicile.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1945<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Return to his old, partially destroyed studio; first watercolors and gouaches-.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1946<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Ritschl returns to painting and becomes involved with Picasso\u2018s work; participation at the \u201cAllgemeine Deutsche Kunstausstellung\u201c in Dresden; meets Peter Schermuly, who becomes his student-; beginning of Ritschl\u2018s friendship with Ernst Wilhelm Nay; contacts with Max Ackermann, through whom Ritschl becomes acquainted with the physician and art collector Ottomar Domnick; Ritschl is introduced to the legacy of Adolf H\u00f6lzel.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1947<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Exhibition at the home of Ottomar Domnick in Stuttgart as part of a series featuring Baumeister, Ackermann, Winter and Meistermann; an essay by the artist entitled \u201cCreative Values in Abstract Art\u201c is printed in the exhibition- catalog.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1948<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Membership in the \u201cRheinische Sezession\u201c and participa-tion at its first exhibition; controversy over Ritschl\u2018s work leads to division among the members; participation at the \u201cSalon des Realites Nouvelles\u201c in Paris.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1949<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Founding member of the \u201cNeue Rheinische Sezession\u201c; Ritschl\u2018s writings on the history of philosophy are com-piled in a three-volume manuscript (never published).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1950<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Membership in the \u201cNeue Darmst\u00e4dter Sezession\u201c; membership in the \u201cWestdeutscher K\u00fcnstlerbund\u201c and the \u201cM\u00fcnchner Neue Gruppe.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol fullwidth pb-medium\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-173 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio07sw-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio07sw-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio07sw-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio07sw-1-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the Ehrenhof of D\u00fcsseldorfer Kunsthalle, 1950 \u2013 Top row, left to right: Alo Altripp, Dorothea Ritschl, Frau Domnick, Tom Noonan with his wife, Ottomar Domnick \u2013 bottom row, left to right: Virginia Fontaine, Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Otto Ritschl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol pb-medium\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"timeline-table\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1952<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>An essay by the artist entitled \u201cArt of our Time\u201c is printed in the journal \u201cDie Kunst und das sch\u00f6ne Heim\u201c.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1954<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Participation in the \u201cInternationale Sezession\u201c exhibition at Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen; membership in the \u201cDeutscher K\u00fcnstlerbund\u201c; Ritschl\u2018s \u201cgeometric phase\u201c begins.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1955<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>A major solo exhibition on the occasion of Ritschl\u2018s 70th birthday at the Neues Museum Wiesbaden; participation in the exhibition organized by the group \u201cZEN\u201c in Munich; invitation to participate in the first major interna-tional exhibition of art in Germany, documenta 1 in Kassel; award of the Goethe medal by the State of Hessen.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1958<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Ritschl\u2018s wife dies.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1959<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Ritschl\u2018s formal language changes again; completion of a 12-part series of paintings in the spring; recipient of the art prize of the \u201cK\u00fcnstlerbund\u201c exhibition; participation in documenta II in Kassel-.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1960<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Ritschl receives the Villa Romana Prize; completion of the fresco in the stairway of the new building housing the Physikalisches Institut at the university in Marburg; Ritschl moves into his newly built house and studio on Schuhmannstra\u00dfe on the outskirts of Wiesbaden; receives the \u201cBundesverdienstkreuz \u2013 1. Klasse\u201c (German Meritorious Service Cross \u2013 1st class).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ce ce-twocol pb-medium\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-167 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio08sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio08sw.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio08sw-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio08sw-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ritschl looking at the unfinished building of his studio, 1959<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio11sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio11sw.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio11sw-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Bio11sw-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ritschl, 1961<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol pb-large\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"timeline-table\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1961<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Exhibition on the occasion of Ritschl\u2018s 75th birthday at the Von-der-Heydt-Museum in Wuppertal; Ritschl donates a large number of paintings to the Kunst- und Museumsverein in Wuppertal-.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1964<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Completion of the fresco for the auditorium at the Landeshaus in Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1965<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Awarded the medal of honor in gold from the city of Wiesbaden; German television broadcasts a portrait of the artist; exhibition on the occasion of Ritschl\u2018s 80th birthday at the Mittelrhein-Museum in Koblenz.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1970<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Exhibition in honor of Ritschl\u2018s 85th birthday at the prem-ises of the \u201cBerufsverband bildender K\u00fcnstler\u201c in Munich; the artist writes his \u201cBiographische Notizen\u201c for the exhi-bition catalog; exhibition at the Mittelrhein-Museum in Koblenz; a monograph containing an illustrated works index edited by Wolff Mirus as weil as interpretative texts on Ritschl\u2018s pictorial themes by Dr. M. Velte; Ritschl expresses his dissatisfaction with these texts in an explana-tion also published in the catalog; publication of a collection of aphorisms entitled \u201cDer springende Punkt.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1970\/71<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Work on manuscripts for two plays entitled \u201cDie Meinungsmacher\u201c and \u201cDer Hexenstein\u201c; Ritschl would publish these three-act plays himself five years later.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1972<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Awarded the \u201cGro\u00dfes Bundesverdienstkreuz.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1973<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>A complete works index is published based on the prelim-inary research clone for the Koblenz catalog and edited by Wolff Mirus.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1975<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Receives the \u201cEhrenplakette\u201c (Medal of Honor) from the city of Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1976<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><p>Ritschl dies on July 1 in Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ce ce-onecol \">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<hr>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"ce ce-related-posts pt-medium \">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/artist\/exhibitions\/\"  class=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/4-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Exhibitions of Ritschls work<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <p class=\"btn-more\">find out more<\/p> -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/work\/\"  class=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/3-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Otto Ritschls work<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <p class=\"btn-more\">find out more<\/p> -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography 1885 Born on August 9 in Erfurt, the second child of five children of the merchant Franz Ritschl; siblings: an older sister, Lissi, and three younger sisters, Marie, Paula and Gertrud. 1891\u20131902 Ritschl attends school in Hannover following his family\u2018s move to that city; writes his first play, \u201cAfra,\u201c which he turns over to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1278,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1194\/revisions\/1369"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otto-ritschl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}