Charles Reiffel (1862 - March 14, 1942) was an American lithographer and post-Impressionist painter who became "one of California's best-known painters." Life Reiffel was born in 1862 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Reiffel was initially a lithographer, and he took up painting in 1912. He was self-taught, and he painted en plein air as a post-impressionist. 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, where he became "one of California's best-known painters." Reiffel died on March 14, 1942, in San Diego, at age 79. He was the subject of a retrospective at the San Diego Museum of Art and the San Diego History Center in 2013. References 1862 births 1942 deaths People from Indianapolis People from Fairfield County, Connecticut Artists from San Diego American lithographers American male painters Painters from California Post-impressionist painters 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists