Exhibition of paintings by William Ritschel : Sept. 11-Oct. 5, 1919
An exhibition catalogue issued in 1919 by the Albright Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, for its show of paintings by the marine and landscape painter William Ritschel, intended for gallery visitors. The one picture is a black-and-white studio portrait of a man with a short cropped beard, dark jacket and loosely knotted light cravat, shot in three-quarter view against a soft grey backdrop; a designer could borrow its restrained tonal lighting and formal head-and-shoulders framing for period portraiture.
