Rudolf Reschreiter
German, 1868–1939
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Rudolf Reschreiter was a German painter.
After graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1888, Reschreiter studied at the Munich Academy under Gabriel von Hackl. He mainly painted in watercolor and was praised for his hyper-realistic depiction of nature. One of his most famous works is the depiction of the Waxenstein ridge from Mathaisenkar. In 1903, he traveled to the South American Cordilleras with the geographer Hans Meyer and visited the 6301-meter-high, completely glaciated Chimborazo in Ecuador. Reschreiter subsequently painted a whole series of “Chimborazo pictures”. Meyer christened one of the glaciers Reschreiter Glacier, a name which, however, did not last.
His works can be seen in Alpine Museums in Kempten, Munich and the Alpine Club Museum in Innsbruck. Rudolf Reschreiter made the drawings for “Schwaiger's Führer durch das Wettersteingebirge”, Munich, 1901.
