Johann Moritz Rugendas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Moritz Rugendas

German artist

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1802

Place of Birth: Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 29-May-1858

Profession: author, painter, traveller

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas, in the first half of the 19th century.
Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin America" whom Alexander von Humboldt influenced.
Rugendas is also the subject of César Aira's 2000 novel, An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter.



Description	German painter, traveller and author
Date of birth/death	29 March 1802	29 May 1858
Location of birth/death	Augsburg	Weilheim
Work location	Germany, South America
Authority control	: Q652305 VIAF: 61675197 ISNI: 0000 0001 0907 6712 ULAN: 500005074 LCCN: n50052066 NLA: 48044412 WorldCat