Freda L. Reiter
Since cameras were banned from courtrooms, news outlets depended on professional sketch artists like Freda Reiter for visuals. When Reiter was assigned the Watergate burglary trial, in 1973, she had no idea that she would be spending the better part of two years in Washington.
Related Newsletters
May 9, 2024
No Cameras Allowed: Let’s Talk About Courtroom Illustration
Newsletter
It appears that the art of courtroom illustration may have declined since its high point in the early 1970s when the Watergate trials were must-see television, and cameras were universally prohibited in America’s courthouses.
January 23, 2020
Marc H Miller Interview on Hyperallergic
Newsletter
The artist Freda L. Reiter may not be a household name, but her work, particularly a series of drawings she completed in the mid-1970s, is widely recognized as an important visual record in the impeachment of President Nixon.
December 3, 2019
TWIN SISTERS ILLUSTRATE WATERGATE TRIALS – Freda L. Reiter (ABC-TV) – Ida Libby Dengrove (NBC-TV)
Newsletter
Gallery 98’s online exhibition Watergate Courtroom Sketches by Freda L. Reiter, 1973 – 75 is inspired not only by the current interest in presidential impeachment but also by our ongoing interest in featuring successful woman artists in the fine arts as well as in the commercial art fields, which have often provided…
November 12, 2019
THE ART OF IMPEACHMENT: Freda Reiter’s Watergate Pastels, 1973 – 75
Newsletter
With the whiff of impeachment once again in the air, Gallery 98 has resurrected its online exhibition Watergate Courtroom Sketches by Freda L. Reiter, 1973 – 75. Back in the 1970s photography was prohibited in courtrooms, so it was up to sketch artists like Freda Reiter (1919-86) to provide the visuals…