WILLIAM FREDERIC RITSCHEL German / American, 1864-1949 Trees on an Open Hillside Oil on board A signed oil (lower right) on canvas depicting a cluster of dark, windswept trees silhouetted against a luminous, rain-hazed sky over an open, undulating landscape, rendered with soft, atmospheric brushwork in the Tonalist tradition, presented in a carved and gilt rope-twist frame. 10.25 x 14 inches; frame: 14.25 x 17.5 inches $600-800
