All entries for "Ric"
After it turned out that Fritz Neumann (1928-2014) is not Ric , Mark Strong has updated the biographies at Meibohm Fine Arts and AskArt.com .
Many thanks to Mark for this!
Hopefully the false attributions on eBay and other auction sites will now be less…
Short description: Sailing boats, known as Ric 05. This one has a unusual location of the signature - within the print.
Notes: Taken from auctionet.com .
Short description: Sailing boats (Ric 25) and A latern next to a stair (Ric 14)
Notes: Taken from auctionet.com . This post provides better images then the ones in the work list.
After I had already noticed that Ric also had an appearance in Tatort, I asked the NDR as the producing broadcaster. The archive forwarded my enquiry directly to the production.
Kerstin Ramcke, the producer of the Kieler Tatort, thankfully answered the enquiry directly. I am reproducing her answer here:
The ‘Praesidium’ location was the military technical school in Kiel (Arkonastrasse). We filmed the offices at this location until 2017[…]
Original in German:
Der Drehort “Präsidium” war damals die Militärtechnische Schule in Kiel (Arkonastrasse). An diesem Motiv haben wir bis 2017 die Büros gedreht[…]
She also stated that Zazie Knepper from Hamburg was the production designer. Contact is currently being made to find out whether Ric has appeared in other productions / films.
The following episodes, which are still to be viewed, result from the specified time period…
Potential sequels
Case | Title | First broadcast | Sequel |
---|---|---|---|
14 | Tango für Borowski | 4. Apr. 2010 | 761 |
15 | Borowski und eine Frage von reinem Geschmack | 24. Okt. 2010 | 777 |
16 | Borowski und der vierte Mann | 26. Dez. 2010 | 785 |
17 | Borowski und die Frau am Fenster | 2. Okt. 2011 | 812 |
18 | Borowski und der coole Hund | 6. Nov. 2011 | 816 |
19 | Borowski und der stille Gast | 9. Sep. 2012 | 842 |
20 | Borowski und der freie Fall | 14. Okt. 2012 | 846 |
21 | Borowski und der brennende Mann | 12. Mai 2013 | 873 |
22 | Borowski und der Engel | 29. Dez. 2013 | 892 |
23 | Borowski und das Meer | 30. März 2014 | 906 |
24 | Borowski und der Himmel über Kiel | 25. Jan. 2015 | 933 |
25 | Borowski und die Kinder von Gaarden | 29. März 2015 | 941 |
26 | Borowski und die Rückkehr des stillen Gastes | 29. Nov. 2015 | 964 |
27 | Borowski und das verlorene Mädchen | 6. Nov. 2016 | 999 |
28 | Taxi nach Leipzig | 13. Nov. 2016 | 1000 |
29 | Borowski und das dunkle Netz | 19. März 2017 | 1015 |
30 | Borowski und das Fest des Nordens | 18. Juni 2017 | 1025 |
The first match
After these hints it went very quickly, in the first case on the list, “Tango for Borowski”, after about 3.5 minutes (more precisely: 00:03:38) I saw this…

Screenshot of Tango für Borowski
Fritz Neumann (1928–2014) is not Ric!
During my vacation I did some research on one of the last posts : I’ve contacted the Freudeskreis Kunst Oldenburg . They forwarded my questions to Andreas Neumann, the son of Fritz Neumann (1928–2014).
He send me the following reply:
Unfortunately, my father - Fritz Neumann - is not identical with the painter ‘Ric’. The handwriting and painting style do not match, and the Berlin address does not fit either. We lived in Ohlenstedt at the time and then moved to Oldenburg.
Original in German:
Mein Vater - Fritz Neumann - ist leider nicht identisch mit dem Maler “Ric”. Schrift und Malstil stimmen nicht überein, und auch die angeführte Berliner Adresse paßt nicht. Wir haben zu der Zeit in Ohlenstedt gewohnt und sind dann nach Oldenburg gezogen.
So we need to restart the search!
But first, let’s start a bit of cleanup:
- Meibohm Fine Arts will update the page on Ric / Fritz Neumann
- A change to the German Wikipedia is awaiting approval
It’s interesting to see how many people and pages have adopted the link between Fritz Neumann (1928–2014) and Ric.
Keep in mind, it’s certain that some Fritz Neumann is Ric, just not the one who was born in 1928.
The page will be updated in the next weeks…
Short description: Ships (fishing boats) at a harbour
Notes: Found on eBay
Short description: A previously unknown Ric showing the gallery “Zur Fischerin” in Lindau / Lake Constance
Notes: Available on eBay . Current web site of “Zur Fischerin” , a similar view on Google Maps .
Short description: This is my third print of the Sailing boats (Ric 07 ). This print is interesting because it is not framed behind glass, but has been mounted on cardboard. The sheet has also been cropped to such an extent that not even the signature has been preserved.
Notes: Found on a flea market in Hannover.