1 7 4 0 , ▁shortly ▁after ▁obtain ing ▁his ▁Bürger re ch tes ▁( cit iz ens hip ) ▁in ▁Re ut te , ▁R ie pp ' s ▁only ▁child ▁Johann ▁Anton ▁Laurent ius ▁died . ▁He ▁began ▁drink ing ▁heavily , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁separation ▁from ▁his ▁wife ▁and , ▁as ▁his ▁condition ▁w ors ened , ▁he ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁off ending ▁public ▁mor als . ▁So on , ▁he ▁felt ▁it ▁was ▁necessary ▁to ▁leave ▁Re ut te . ▁His ▁dependence ▁on ▁alco hol , ▁combined ▁with ▁his ▁gener os ity ▁toward ▁the ▁need y , ▁slowly ▁reduced ▁him ▁to ▁pover ty ▁and ▁hom eless ness . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁an ▁emer gency ▁shelter ▁in ▁V ils . ▁ ▁Stre ets ▁in ▁Re ut te ▁and ▁Bi ber bach ▁have ▁been ▁named ▁in ▁R ie pp ' s ▁honor . ▁For ▁the ▁ 3 0 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁his ▁birth ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁an ▁exhibition ▁called ▁Gen ie ▁im ▁Sch atten ▁( Gen ius ▁in ▁the ▁Sh adows ) ▁tou red ▁K empt en , ▁Re ut te , ▁Bre iten w ang ▁and ▁V ils . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁ ▁Josef ▁M air : ▁Der ▁Maler ▁B alth as ar ▁R ie pp ▁( 1 7 0 3 – 1 7 6 4 ). ▁H omm age ▁zum ▁ 3 0 0 . ▁Geb ur ts jahr . ▁Ehren berg - Verlag , ▁Re ut te ▁ 2