Buy With Confidence
For over a century, we've placed important art, rare jewels and exceptional objects with more than 14,000 collectors worldwide, and have been recognized by trusted publications including Robb Report, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and more.
On Approval
Examine select works in person before you commit
125% Guarantee
Full credit plus 5% annual appreciation for five years
Trusted Expertise
Over two centuries of combined experience across our specialists
Summer Day by Louis Ritman
- Louis Ritman stands among the leading figures of American Impressionism
- Summer Day exemplifies the luminous color and refined brushwork of his Giverny period
- The work captures an intimate moment of leisure, a favored subject
- Balancing decorative beauty with technical sophistication, this work exemplifies Ritman at his best
- Get complete item description here
To speak to one of our experts, call 1-888-711-8084
1889-1963 | American
Summer Day
Signed "L. Ritman" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
A superb example of American Impressionism, Summer Day reflects the luminous palette, relaxed elegance and refined brushwork that define Louis Ritman’s most sought-after works. Painted during his years in Giverny, it captures an intimate moment of leisure, a subject that remained central throughout his career, and showcases the artist’s ability to balance decorative beauty with technical sophistication.. . .
1889-1963 | American
Summer Day
Signed "L. Ritman" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
A superb example of American Impressionism, Summer Day reflects the luminous palette, relaxed elegance and refined brushwork that define Louis Ritman’s most sought-after works. Painted during his years in Giverny, it captures an intimate moment of leisure, a subject that remained central throughout his career, and showcases the artist’s ability to balance decorative beauty with technical sophistication.
Set on a sunlit porch overlooking a lush garden, two female figures are enveloped in shifting light and saturated color. Dappled sunlight and layered impasto dissolve form into a shimmering mosaic of tones, reinforcing Ritman’s sensitivity to atmosphere and his distinctive handling of paint.
Born in Kamenets-Podolsky in 1889, Ritman immigrated to Chicago as a child and trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. After moving to Paris in 1909, he studied at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts before settling in Giverny, where he worked alongside fellow American expatriates Richard Emil Miller and Frederick Carl Frieseke. Influenced by the environment shaped by Claude Monet, he returned there for nearly two decades, developing a signature style defined by radiant color, intimate figural subjects and poetic restraint.
Today, Ritman is recognized among the leading American Impressionists of the early twentieth century, with works in major museum collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and LACMA. With its generous scale, vivid palette and quintessential subject matter, Summer Day stands as a strong example of his most desirable imagery.
Circa 1920s
Canvas: 38 3/4" high x 38 3/4" wide (98.4 x 98.4 cm)
Frame: 45 3/4" high x 46" wide x 2 1/2" deep (116.2 x 116.8 x 6.4 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Chicago
Private collection, New York
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
| Maker: | Ritman, Louis |
| Period: | 1919-Present |
| Origin: | America |
| Type: | Paintings |
| Style: | Post-Impressionism |
| Depth: | 2.5 in. (6.35 cm) |
| Width: | 46.0 in. (116.84 cm) |
| Height: | 45.75 in. (116.21 cm) |
| Canvas Width: | 38.750 in. (98.43 cm) |
| Canvas Height: | 38.750 in. (98.43 cm) |
Buy With Confidence
For over a century, we've placed important art, rare jewels and exceptional objects with more than 14,000 collectors worldwide, and have been recognized by trusted publications including Robb Report, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and more.
On Approval
Examine select works in person before you commit
125% Guarantee
Full credit plus 5% annual appreciation for five years
Trusted Expertise
Over two centuries of combined experience across our specialists
