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 *mont, ib.; many portraits.—Allgem. K. C., viii. 491, 902; Brockhaus, xiii. 690; Cotta's Kunstbl. (1844), 105; D. Kunstbl. (1851), 139; (1853), 427; (1857), 39; Müller, 439; Land und Meer (1880), i. 499.

RIEDER, WILHELM AUGUST, born at Döbling, near Vienna, Sept. 30, 1796, died in Vienna, Sept. 8, 1880. History, genre, and portrait painter, pupil of Vienna Academy, and afterwards professor; in 1857 became custodian of the Belvedere Gallery; visited Tyrol and North Italy in 1830, Florence and Rome in 1833. Works: Christ on Mount of Olives; St. Rosalia (1820); Lily of St. Leonard (1841), Vienna Museum; Mary Stuart taking Farewell of her Ladies (1843); Scene from Walter Scott's Prison of Edinburgh (1844); Portrait of Franz Schubert; Emperor Francis I., Gratz University.—D. Kunstbl. (1857), 325; Wurzbach, xxvi. 107.

RIEDMÜLLER, FRANZ XAVER VON, born at Constance, Jan. 22, 1829. Landscape painter, pupil in Carlsruhe (1856-61) of J. W. Schirmer, then lived for some time in Strasburg and Frankfort, and settled in Stuttgart in 1864. Medals: Carlsruhe and London. Baden court painter since 1873. Works: Heidenlöcher on Ueberling Lake; Charcoal-Burner's Hut; View on the Königssee; do. on Lake Constance; do. near Berchtesgaden; do. near Strasburg (1875); Stuttgart Museum; Italian Landscapes; Views in Grand-ducal Garden at Carlsruhe.—Müller, 440; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 821.

RIEFSTAHL, WILHELM, born at Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg, Aug. 15, 1827. Landscape and figure painter, pupil of Berlin Academy under F. W. Schirmer; studied nature on Isle of Rügen, afterwards visited Middle Germany, the banks of the Rhine, Tyrol, Switzerland, and Rome (1869); was professor at the Carlsruhe Art School in 1870-73, and director in 1875-77; settled in Munich in 1878. Excels in harmonious combinations of landscape scenery with figures. Member of and professor in Berlin Academy; honorary member Munich Academy, 1881. Gold medal: Berlin, 1864; Vienna, 1873. Works: Northern Heath; Coast of Rügen; Westphalian Village Church; Procession of Capuchins; Mourning Assembly in Appenzell, Carlsruhe Gallery; Similar subject, Wiesbaden Gallery; Bridal Procession in Passeyer Valley; Return from Baptism; Pilgrimage in the Mountains; In the Refectory; Shepherds' Devotions in the Fields (1864), All Souls' Day (1869), National Gallery, Berlin; Funeral Procession in Front of Pantheon (1871), Dresden Gallery; Blessing of the Alps (1881); Missionaries in Rhætia (1884); Child's Burial in Passeyer (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886); Wedding Procession in Tyrol, J. J. Astor, New York; do., Israel Corse, ib.; Chapel in Tyrol, D. H. McAlpin, ib.; Return from Christening, Mrs. Wilstach, Philadelphia.—Allgem. K. C., viii. 942; Brockhaus, xiii. 700; Illustr. Zeitg. (1863), i. 96; Jordan, 250; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 8, 380; xix. 644, 661; Müller, 440; D. Rundschau, ix. 477; xiii. 336; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 348; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iv. 117; v. 123; vi. 175; xx. 76.

RIEGER, ALBERT, born in Vienna; contemporary. Landscape painter; has travelled in Europe and the East. Works: Ruins of Mosque in Greece, Storm on Coast of Dalmatia, Sunset, Coast View in Istria, Eddystone Lighthouse in Stormy Night, do. at Sunrise, Storm in the Tropics (1871-72); Waterfall in the Pryenees (1872); Rainy Weather on the Danube; Summer Evening near Florence (1874); Ruins of Athens (1878); Polar Night in Spitzbergen (1880); Castle Hohenbaden, Queen Waldlieb (1881); Shipwreck on Norwegian Coast (1882).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1873), ii. 16; (1875), ii. 383; (1878), ii. 271; (1881), ii. 369, 378; (1882), ii. 465; (1883), i. 293; Kunst-Chronik, xviii.; Wurzbach, xxvi. 133.