[Update 26. July 2024]: The solution of the mystery didn’t work out , this Fritz Neumann (1928–2014) isn’t Ric

I’ve found two Fritz Neumann biographies and a change to the German Wikipedia:

Freundeskreis Bildende Kunst Oldenburg e.V.

By Dr. Arie Hartog of the Gerhard-Marcks-House Bremen:

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There also has been a change to the German Wikipedia, adding the Ric pseudonym to Fritz Neumann. But there is still no article on him.