Wilhelm Ripe

Wilhelm Ripe ( born November 16, 1818 in Clausthal, † December 5, 1885 in Goslar ) was a German painter and printmaker.

Wilhelm Ripe, was born on November 16, 1818 in what was then Hahnenkleer school house, which was located on the site of today's Hotel Hahnenkleer yard. His father was there as a teacher and cantor a job as church, school and teacher's residence were asked by the then owner of the Hahnenkleer court, the community, are available.

He has started school yet with his father, but continued after the early death of his father his schooling in Clausthal continued. Already at that time turns out his great talent for drawing, which was funded by friends and patrons. Humility, poverty and deprivation characterize his life.

As a freelance artist, he lives by his school days in Clausthal. Travel to Switzerland and in the time of his Russian Finland expanded the horizon of the young artist.

With its many local and landscape images, he is considered the " Merian the resin ". His partner he found in Osterode am Harz. The connection to the Publisher Brückner in Goslar, but from which he also saw overreached himself, it turned out quite as happy. The fidelity of his artistic work has contributed significantly to tap the resin tourism.

He died on December 5, 1885 and was buried at the old cemetery in Goslar.

• German painter
• German graphic designer
• Born in 1818
• Died in 1885
• Man