early life and career Charles Reiffel, an american post-impressionist painter, was born in indianapolis, indiana, in 1862. His father hailed from bavaria and emigrated to the united states in the 1840s, while his mother descended from a virginia family steeped in tradition. Initially drawn to lithography—a craft that demanded precision and meticulous detail—Reiffel honed his artistic skills before transitioning to painting in 1912. Thi…