WILLIAM RITTASE

(1894 - 1968) b. Baltimore, MD

William Rittase was an American photographer known for his industrial photographs which appeared in a number of publications and periodicals during the 1930’s, most notably Fortune Magazine. His images often depicted the growing American manufacturing sector, as well as, the American worker. Rittase’s photographs were included in the exhibition Murals by American Painters and Photographers at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1932. His work is also included in the permeant collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Art and the Houston MFA.