Lorenz Ritter (24 November 1832 – 3 September 1921) was a German painter and etcher.
Biography
He was born at
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
, and a pupil of
Heideloff. He painted chiefly in
watercolor
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to ...
s and etched numerous architectural views of Nuremberg and some subjects from
North Italy
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. He died in Nuremberg.
Family
His older brother,
Paul Ritter
Simon Paul Adams (20 December 1966 – 5 April 2021), known professionally as Paul Ritter, was an English actor. He had roles in films including ''Son of Rambow'' (2007), ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' ...
, was also a painter.
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1832 births
1921 deaths
19th-century German painters
19th-century German male artists
German male painters
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German etchers
Artists from Nuremberg
20th-century German printmakers
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