Herbert Davis Richter, RI, RSW, ROI, RBA, RBC, PS
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Herbert Davis Richter was born in Brighton, Sussex on May 10, 1874. He was a painter of still-lifes, architectural subjects and figures as well as interiors. He was the brother of the noted artist, Charles Augustus Richter and the husband of the artist, Gertrude Richter. He is reported to have lived in London for part of his life. He first studied furniture design at The Bath School of Art before settling himself up in business in Bath as an architect and designer (1895-1906). After this period, he traveled to London to continue his studies enrolling at Lambeth College and the London School of Art where he studied under Browning, Frank Brangwyn and J.M. Swan. He exhibited quite extensively and successfully at the important London venues and in the provinces. He exhibited in London at The Royal Academy, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, The Royal Society of British Artists and The Grosvenor Gallery. Richter also exhibited at The Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours, The Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, The Royal Scottish Academy and The Royal Hibernian Academy. He was elected as a full member to many of these prestigious societies and his titles included RI (Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours), RSW (Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours), ROI (Royal Institute of Oil Painters), RBC (Royal British Colonial Society of Artists, and PS (Pastel Society). In 1937, he contributed work to the Exposition Internationale de Paris, where he was awarded a Gold Medal. Herbert Davis Richter died in 1955. |
