Rudolf Reschreiter Meilerhütte (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.
Life After graduating from high school in 1888, Reschreiter studied at Wilhelmsgymnasium,Annual report from the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1887/88. at the Academy of Fine Arts at Munich under Gabriel von Hackl. He painted in the watercolor, specifically Gouache, and was praised for his hyper-realistic landscapes. 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 glacier, 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. In a departure from his typical style, he painted a comic series, depicting a personified glacier eating a man's hat, the series has been interpreted by some climate activists as an early statement about climate change.
Gravesite Rudolf Reschreiter's grave is located in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich, (grave field 33 – row 1 – place 27/28).Schiermeier/Scheungraber, Alter Südlicher Friedhof in München, Übersichtsplan, 2008, Titel auf Verlagsseite
Namesakes In 1960, in Munich, in the Lerchenau-Ost district (district 24 – Feldmoching-hasenbergl), Reschreiterstrasse was named after him.
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Bibliography Rudolf 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,
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