Ritter, Caspar

Caspar Ritter,
natal chart (Placidus)
natal chart English style (Equal houses)
natal chart with Whole Sign houses

Name	Ritter, Caspar Gender: M
Birthname	Johann Caspar Ritter
born on	7 February 1861 at 06:00 (= 06:00 AM )
Place	Obertürken, Germany, 48n19, 12e50
Timezone	LMT m12e50 (is local mean time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	18°29' 18°01 Asc. 18°31'

add Caspar Ritter to 'my astro'

Caspar Ritter (portrait by Otto Propheter)

Biography

Swiss visual artist, a noted portrait painter, primarily of women, who also created genre scenes and nudes. His works may be seen at several museums in Germany and Switzerland, including the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Musée Rath, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and the Kunstmuseum Winterthur.

He was the second of eight children born to Johann Ulrich Ritter, a spinning mill director who was originally from Switzerland. He completed secondary school in Winterthur, where he lived with his grandfather. After graduating, in accordance with his father's wishes, he served an apprenticeship as a machine technician in Flums then, in 1879, went back to Winterthur, where he took a position at the Rieter & Co. textile machine factory. He soon developed health problems, which gave him an opportunity to express his preference for a career in art.

In 1880, on the recommendation of his brother, who was a teacher, he began training as a drawing teacher at the Technikum Winterthur; under the tutelage of Anton Seder and Léon Jean Pétua (1846-1921). Two years later, he was able to transfer to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he studied with Alois Gabl, Ludwig von Herterich and Ludwig von Löfftz. After completing his studies, he worked for the Academy's pre-school program. That same year, he married Wilhelmine Sophie Linder. As a member of the upper bourgeoisie, she was able to provide him with contacts for portrait commissions.

The following year, they moved to Frankfurt, where he became a teacher of figure painting at the Städel Art Institute. He was there for only a year, when Grand Duke Friedrich I appointed him Professor of portrait painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. He would stay there until 1919.

From 1895 to 1900, he held annual showings at the Zürich Artists' Association. In 1896, he was awarded a small gold medal at the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung. His portraits were popular in Germany, but his genre scenes were favoured in Switzerland. From 1896 through 1900, he served as a member of the Federal Art Commission, a cultural advisory board for the Swiss Federal Council. In 1902 he was awarded the Medal of Merit, Knight's Cross, in the Order of Berthold the First.

He died of a heart attack while visiting a spa in Ermatingen on 18 July 1923 at age 62.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

• Death by Heart Attack 18 July 1923 (Age 62)
  chart Placidus Equal_H.

Source Notes

Lutheran Church birth and baptism record in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file.

Categories

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack (Fatal attack)

• Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Second of eight)

• Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Painter)

• Vocation : Education : Teacher

• Notable : Awards : Public Service

• Notable : Awards : Vocational award