Artist

Johann Moritz Rugendas

1802–1858 · born in Augsburg · died in Weilheim an der Teck

Johann Moritz Rugendas was a German painter born in Augsburg in 1802. He traveled and lived in Brazil, Mexico and Chile, producing many sketches of landscapes, daily life and the lives of enslaved people. He died in Weilheim an der Teck in 1858.