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Charles Reiffel (1862 - March 14, 1942) was an American lithographer and post-Impressionist painter who became "one of California's best-known painters."[1]

Charles Reiffel
Born	1862 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died	March 14, 1942 San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation	Lithographer, painter

Life

Reiffel was born in 1862 in Indianapolis, Indiana.[2]

Reiffel was initially a lithographer, and he took up painting in 1912.[2] He was self-taught,[3] and he painted en plein air as a post-impressionist.[4] 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,[5] where he became "one of California's best-known painters."[1]

Reiffel died on March 14, 1942, in San Diego, at age 79.[2][5] He was the subject of a retrospective at the San Diego Museum of Art and the San Diego History Center in 2013.[3]

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