Charles Reiffel

United States · 1862–1942

Charles Reiffel was an American lithographer and post-Impressionist painter who became "one of California's best-known painters." == Life == Reiffel was born in 1862 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Reiffel was initially a lithographer, and he took up painting in 1912. He was self-taught, and he painted en plein air as a post-impressionist. Reiffel first moved to the art colony of Silvermine, Connecticut, where he was the president of the Silvermine Artists' Guild. He later moved to San Diego, where he became "one of California's best-known painters." One of his students was Rose Schneider.

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