Rudolf Reschreiter (4 September 1868 – 7 August 1938) was a Bavarian painter and alpinist famous for his depictions of the Alps and Austrian countryside through the medium of watercolor.
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| Born | September 4, 1868 |
| Died | August 7, 1938 (aged 60) |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
| Alma mater | Wilhelmsgymnasium (Munich) |
| Known for | Watercolor painting |
| Style | Landscape |
Life
editAfter graduating from high school in 1888, Reschreiter studied at Wilhelmsgymnasium,[1] at the Academy of Fine Arts at Munich under Gabriel von Hackl. He painted mainly in the watercolor technique, specifically Gouache, and was praised for his hyper-realistic depiction of nature. Some of his most famous depictions include the Waxenstein ridge, Höllentalferner glacier, and the castle at Kufstein. In 1903 he traveled with the Geographer Hans Meyer to the Cordilleras in Ecuador, specifically the completely glaciated Chimborazo. Reschreiter then painted a whole series on the Chimborazo. One of the larger glaciers of Chimborazo was named Reschreiter Glacier in his honor.[2] Many of his works can be seen in the Alpine Museum Kempten and the Alpine Club Museum in Innsbruck.
Gravesite
editRudolf Reschreiter's grave is located in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich, (grave field 33 – row 1 – place 27/28).[3]
Namesakes
editIn 1960, in Munich in the Lerchenau-Ost district (district 24 – Feldmoching-hasenbergl) Reschreiterstrasse was named after him.
Gallery
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View from the ridge between Herzogstand and Heimgarten to Lake Kochelsee
Die Meilerhütte im Wettersteingebirge on the west
Isar Valley landscape
The Zugspitz summit with weather station and Munich houses
Winter evening atmosphere Mittenwald (1935)
View from the Höllentalangerhütte of the Höllentalgletscher near the Riffelwandspitzen, 1921
View from the base of Crozzon di Brenta in the Dolomite range
View of the Tannheim range
View of the Ortler Alps
View of the Dachstein Mountains
Bibliography
editRudolf Reschreiter is mentioned in the following publications:
- Hans Meyer, In den Hoch-Anden von Ecuador: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, etc. 2 Bände (Textband und Bilder-Atlas), Reimer, Berlin, 1907. *Bruckmann Münchner Maler im 19./20. Jahrhundert;
- Biographie mit Abbildung und Signatur, München, 1982–1994, 6 Bände.
- Steinitzer, Alfred; Der Alpinismus in Bildern, München, 1924.
- Informationsbroschüre von Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1997.
- Schemmann, Christine; Schätze & Geschichten aus dem Alpinen Museum Innsbruck, München, 1987. Weltkunst;
- Aktuelle Zeitschrift für Kunst und Antiquitäten, München, 06/2001
- Heinz Peter Brogiat: Die Anden: Geographische Erforschung und künstlerische Darstellung: 100 Jahre Andenexpedition von Hans Meyer und Rudolf Reschreiter 1903-2003, Haus des Alpinismus, Alpines Museum, 2003, ISBN 978-3928777988
References
edit- ↑ Annual report from the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1887/88.
- ↑ "Global warming has made iconic Andean peak unrecognizable". www.science.org. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ↑ Schiermeier/Scheungraber, Alter Südlicher Friedhof in München, Übersichtsplan, 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811425-6-3 Titel auf Verlagsseite