RIEDER mont, ib.; many portraits. Allgem. K. C., viii. 491, 902 ; Brockhaus, xiii. 690 ; ACotta's Kunstbl. (1844), 105 ; D. Kunstbl. (1851), 139 ; (1853), 427 ; (1857), 39 ; Mailer, 439 ; Land und Meer (1880), i. 499. EIEDER, WILHELM AUGUST, born at Dobling, near Vienna, Sept. 30, 1796, died in Vienna, Sept. 8, 1880. History, genre, and portrait painter, pupil of Vienna Acad- emy, and afterwards professor ; in 1857 be- came custodian of the Belvedere Gallery ; visited Tyrol and North Italy in 1830, Flor- ence 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 Edin- burgh (1844) ; Portrait of Franz Schubert ; Emperor Francis I., Gratz University. D. Kunstbl. (1857), 325 ; Wurzbach, xxvi. 107. RIEDMULLER, FRANZ XAVER VON, born at Constance, Jan. 22, 1829. Land- scape painter, pupil in Carlsruhe (1856-G1) of J. W. Schirmer, then lived for some time in Strasburg and Frankfort, and settled in Stuttgart in 18G4. Medals : Carlsruhe and London. Baden court painter since 1873. Works : Heidenlocher on Ueberling Lake ; Charcoal-Burner's Hut ; View on the Ko- nigssee ; do. on Lake Constance ; do. near Berchtesgaden ; do. near Strasburg (1875) ; Stuttgart Museum ; Italian Landscapes ; Views in Grand-ducal Garden at Carlsruhe. Miiller, 440 ; Meyer, Conv. Lex. , xviii. 821. RIEFSTAHL, WILHELM, born at Neu- strelitz, Mecklenburg, Aug. 15, 1827. Land- scape and figure paint- er, pupil of Berlin AcademyunderF. W. Schirmer ; studied nature on Isle of Rii- gen, afterwards visit- ed 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 fig- ures. Member of and professor in Berlin Academy ; honorary member Munich Acad- emy, 1881. Gold medal : Berlin, 1864 ; Vienna, 1873. Works: Northern Heath; Coast of Rilgen ; Westphalian Village Church ; Procession of Capuchins ; Mourn- ing Assembly in Appenzell, Carlsruhe Gal- lery ; Similar subject, Wiesbaden Gallery ; Bridal Procession in Passeyer Valley ; Re- turn from Baptism ; Pilgrimage in the Moun- tains ; In the Refectory ; Shepherds' Devo- tions 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 Rhatia (1884) ; Child's Burial in Passeyer (Jubilee Exhibi- tion, 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. Wils- tach, Philadelphia. Allgem. K. C., viii. 942 ; Brockhaus, xiii. 700 ; Illustr. Zeitg. (1863), i. 96 ; Jordan, 250 ; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 8, 380 ; xix. 644, 661 ; Miiller, 440 ; D. Rund- schau, 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; con- temporary. Landscape painter ; has trav- elled in Europe and the East. Works : Ru- ins 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 W T eather on the Danube ; Summer Even- ing 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.
