Johann Moritz Rugendas
1802
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1858
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: landscape art
country of citizenship: Germany
languages spoken, written or signed: German
award received: Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class, Order of the Red Eagle
influenced by: Alexander von Humboldt
Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin America." He was influenced by Alexander von Humboldt. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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