Nymph in a Boat
by Louis Ritman (1889–1963)25½ x 31¾ inches
Signed lower right: L.RITMAN; on verso: Ritman / Dec 3-25
Information
Provenance
[With] Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas (as Nude in Rowboat on Lake)
Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana, (probably) acquired from above
Private collection, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, by descent from above
[With] Menconi & Schoelkopf, New York, New York
Related Work
Nude, Study No. 1, 1915, oil on canvas, 36½ x 36½ inches, signed and dated lower right; Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Artist Biography
A third-generation American impressionist, Louis Ritman became known for his lively scenes of women posed outdoors, often in gardens, or in domestic interiors. After studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with John H. Vanderpoel (1857–1911), and later at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), Ritman enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he became familiar with the academic techniques of the time. Two of his paintings were included in the prestigious Salon of 1911. However, he soon met fellow American painters Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874–1939) and Richard E.