Rudolf Reschreiter
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.
Rudolf Reschreiter

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- Name
- Rudolf Reschreiter
- Born
- 4 September 1868
- Birthplace
- Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
- Died
- 7 August 1938 (aged 60)
- Place of death
- Munich, German Reich
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
- Known for
- Watercolor painting
- Nationality
- German Reich · Kingdom of Bavaria
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- German
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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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Key facts
• Name — Rudolf Reschreiter • Born — 4 September 1868 • Birthplace — Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria • Died — 7 August 1938 (aged 60) • Place of death — Munich, German Reich • Education — Academy of Fine Arts, Munich • Alma Mater — Wilhelmsgymnasium (Munich) • Style — Landscape • Known for — Watercolor painting
Life
Life
After graduating from high school in 1888, Reschreiter studied at Wilhelmsgymnasium, 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 series on the Chimborazo. One of the larger glaciers of Chimborazo was named Reschreiter Glacier in his honor. Many of his works can be seen in the Alpine Museum Kempten and the Alpine Club Museum in Innsbruck. • Illustration — Rudolf Reschreiter as an alpinist, taken while he was traveling the Malerweg, also known as the painter's way.
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Gravesite
Rudolf Reschreiter's grave is located in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich, (grave field 33 – row 1 – place 27/28). • Illustration — Reschreiter's resting place
Namesakes
Namesakes
In 1960, in Munich, in the Lerchenau-Ost district (district 24 – Feldmoching-hasenbergl), Reschreiterstrasse was named after him.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — View from the ridge between Herzogstand and Heimgarten to Lake Kochelsee • Illustration — Die Meilerhütte im Wettersteingebirge on the west • Illustration — Isar Valley landscape • Illustration — The Zugspitz summit with weather station and Munich houses • Illustration — Winter evening atmosphere Mittenwald (1935) • Illustration — View from the Höllentalangerhütte of the Höllentalgletscher near the Riffelwandspitzen, 1921 • Illustration — View from the base of Crozzon di Brenta in the Dolomite range • Illustration — View of the Tannheim range • Illustration — View of the Ortler Alps • Illustration — View of the Dachstein Mountains • Illustration — South Tyrolean Dolomites, view from the Marmolata Glacier towards the Langkofel Group

Painting from Rudolf Reschreiter Vorderer Gosausee mit Blick auf den Dachstein. (1925) Öl auf Leinwand, 91 x 154 cm
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