Costumes in Rio, 1823

Slave hunter, 1823

Indians in a farm, 1824

Johann Moritz Rugendas (b. March 29, 1802, Augsburg, Germany; d. May 29, 1858), Weilheim, Germany), was a German painter, famous for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic information in several countries in the Americas, in the first half of the 19th century. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... --69. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Weilheim is the name of several towns in Germany: Weilheim, Bavaria, capital of the district Weilheim-Schongau Weilheim (Waldshut), a municipality in the district of Waldshut Weilheim (Teck), a city in the district Esslingen A part of Tübingen A part of Rietheim-Weilheim A part of Hechingen A part of... Landscape can mean: The layout of a land area, particularly with respect to its appearance. ... Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphein = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on fieldwork. ... Map of America (as it was then called) by Jonghe, c. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rugendas was born to the seventh generation of a family of noted painters and engravers of Augsburg (he was a grandson of Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1666-1742, a noted painter of battles), and studied drawing and engraving with his father, Johann Lorenz Rugendas II (1775-1826). From 1815 to 1817 he studied with Albrecht Adam (1786-1862), and later in the Academy de Arts of Munich, with Lorenzo Quaglio II (1793-1869). Albrecht Adam (16 April 1786, Nördlingen - 28 August 1862, Munich) was a German battles and horses painter. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ...

Inspired by the artistic work of Thomas Ender (1793-1875) and the travel accounts in the tropics by Austrian naturalists Johann Baptist von Spix (1781-1826) and Carl von Martius (1794-1868), Rugendas arrived in Brazil in 1821, where he was soon hired as an illustrator for Baron von Langsdorff's scientific expedition in Minas Gerais and São Paulo. Langsdorff was the general consul of the Russian Empire in Brazil and had a farm in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro, where Rugendas went to live with other members of the expedition. In this capacity, Rugendas visited the Serra da Mantiqueira and the historical towns of Barbacena, São João del Rei, Mariana, Ouro Preto, Caeté, Sabará and Santa Luzia. The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... Johann Baptist von Spix (February 9, 1781 - March 14, 1826) was a German naturalist. ... Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (April 17, 1794–December 13, German botanist and explorer. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, Baron de Langsdorff (b. ... Minas Gerais (pronounced IPA ) is one of the states of Brazil, the second most populous in the federation. ... Flag of São Paulo São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... Barbacena is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... Mariana is a poem written by Lord Alfred Tennyson in 1830. ... Ouro Preto - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... There are parishes that have the name Santa Luzia (Portuguese for Saint Lucia): In the Azores Santa Luzia, a parish in the district of Angra do Heroísmo Santa Luzia, a parish in the district of São Roque do Pico In Brazil Santa Luzia, Bahia Santa Luzia, Maranhão Santa Luzia, Minas...

Just before the fluvial phase of expedition started (a fateful travel to the Amazon) he got stranged from von Langsdorff, left the expedition and was substituted by artists Adrien Taunay and Hércules Florence. However, Rugendas remained on his own in Brazil until 1825, exploring and recording his many impressions of daily life in the provinces of Mato Grosso, Pernambuco, Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. He used mostly drawings and watercolors. The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. ... Antoine Hércule Romuald Florence (1804-1879) was a French-Brazilian painter and inventor, who became famous for being a predecessor of the invention of photography. ... Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, located in the western part of the country. ... Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Brazilian Northeast. ... Map of the Bahia bay in 1882 Flag of Bahia Bahia is a state in the north-east of Brazil. ... For other places that have this name, see Espírito Santo (disambiguation) Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation ES. With its capital at Vitória. ... Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... Drawing is one of many ways to making an image; it is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. ... Watercolor is a painting technique making use of water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque and are formulated with gum to bond the pigment to the paper. ...

Returning to Europe between 1825 and 1828, Rugendas lived successively in Paris, Augsburg and Munich, with the aim of learning new art techniques, such as oil painting.. There, he published from 1827 to 1835, with the help of Victor Aimé Huber, his monumental book Voyage Pittoresque dans le Brésil (Picturesque Voyage to Brazil), with more than 100 illustrations, which is, to this day, one of the most important documents about Brazil in the 19th century. He also studied in Italy, visiting Pisa, Florence, Rome, Naples, Venice and Sicily. World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ... Resources ArtLex. ... Mona Lisa, Oil on wood panel painting by Leonardo da Vinci La Donna Velata, painted in 1516, Oil on wood panel painting by Raphael Oil painting is done on surfaces with pigment ground into a medium of oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. ... Victor Aimé Huber (b. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pisas coat of arms This article is about Pisa in Italy. ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Location within Italy Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region. ... Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ...

Inspired again by a noted explorer and naturalist, Alexander Humboldt (1769-1859), to whom he was introduced once, Rugendas sought financial support to a much more ambitious project of recording pictorially the life and nature of Latin America; in his words, an endeavour to truly become the illustrator of life in the New World. In 1831 he travelled first to Haiti, and then to Mexico em 1831. He began to use oil painting there, with excellent results. Unfortunately, Rugendas was incarcerated and expelled from the country after he involved himself with a failed coup against Mexico's president, Anastasio Bustamante, in 1834. Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von Humboldt, (September 14, 1769, Berlin–May 6, 1859, Berlin), was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... Anastasio Bustamante (1780-1853) was President of Mexico from 1832 to 1833 and then from 1839 to 1841. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

From 1834 to 1844 he travelled to Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Bolivia, and finally went back to Rio de Janeiro, in 1845. Well accepted and feted by the court of Emperor Dom Pedro II, he executed portraits of several members of the royal court and participated in an artistic exposition. 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Dom Pedro IIs family Dom Pedro II and President Ulysses S. Grant, Philadelphia Exposition, 1876 Dom Pedro II in his old age Dom Pedro II of Brazil Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891) was the second and final Brazilian Emperor. ... Self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. ...

In 1846, with 54 years of age, Rugendas departed to Europe, never again to return to Latin America. King Maximilian II of Bavaria acquired most of his works in exchange for a life pension. His painting "Columbus taking Possession of the New World" (1855) is exposed in the Neue Pinakothek, in Munich. He died in eight years later, in penury. Maximilian II of Bavaria (November 28, 1811 - March 10, 1864) was king of Bavaria from 1848 until 1864. ... The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Neue Pinakothek is an art museum in Munich, Germany. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ...

Bibliography

Diener, P.: Rugendas, 1802-1858. Wissner; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Augsburg and Santiago de Chile, 1997. A massive catalogue of works in Spanish and Portuguese.

External links

Rugendas. Beautiful on-line collection of paintings.