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A fine group of watercolor drawings for his Voyage Pittoresque autour du Monde
Auction: 04/20/2012
Lot: 56
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Louis Andrevitch Choris AUCTION RECORDS
1795 Ickaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russia - 1828 Vera Cruz, Mexico. Known for: Botanic sketches Pacific Coast-natives.
A Ukrainian-born expedition artist in the early 19th century, Louis Choris did some of the first pictorial records of people and places in Hawaii, Alaska, and California. As a young man, he early... Read full biography
A Ukrainian-born expedition artist in the early 19th century, Louis Choris did some of the first pictorial records of people and places in Hawaii, Alaska, and California. As a young man, he early enjoyed a reputation among the artists of Saint Petersburg and Moscow where he had done drawings of... Read full biography
A Ukrainian-born expedition artist in the early 19th century, Louis Choris did some of the first pictorial records of people and places in Hawaii, Alaska, and California. As a young man, he early enjoyed a reputation among the artists of Saint Petersburg and Moscow where he had done drawings of botanical specimens for the naturalist F.A. Marschall von Bieberstien. At age 20, he was chosen to accompany the voyage of explorer Otto von Kotzebue as official artist. Von Kotzebue's voyage of... Read full biography
A Ukrainian-born expedition artist in the early 19th century, Louis Choris did some of the first pictorial records of people and places in Hawaii, Alaska, and California. As a young man, he early enjoyed a reputation among the artists of Saint Petersburg and Moscow where he had done drawings of botanical specimens for the naturalist F.A. Marschall von Bieberstien. At age 20, he was chosen to accompany the voyage of explorer Otto von Kotzebue as official artist. Von Kotzebue's voyage of circumnavigation took place from 1815 to 1817 on a 180-ton brig of the Russian Imperial Navy. The assignment was to explore the islands of the South Pacific and the northwest coast of America, including Alaska, with the hope of finding a navigable passage to... Read full biography
A Ukrainian-born expedition artist in the early 19th century, Louis Choris did some of the first pictorial records of people and places in Hawaii, Alaska, and California. As a young man, he early enjoyed a reputation among the artists of Saint Petersburg and Moscow where he had done drawings of botanical specimens for the naturalist F.A. Marschall von Bieberstien. At age 20, he was chosen to accompany the voyage of explorer Otto von Kotzebue as official artist. Von Kotzebue's voyage of circumnavigation took place from 1815 to 1817 on a 180-ton brig of the Russian Imperial Navy. The assignment was to explore the islands of the South Pacific and the northwest coast of America, including Alaska, with the hope of finding a navigable passage to the Atlantic around the northern tip of Alaska. Kotzebue Sound, Alaska bears the German captain's name. (Note from Dean Cummings: inde... Read full biography
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Louis Andrevitch Choris ![A tattooed woman of the Radak Islands, wearing a crown; Californian Indian woman's dress; and [King Kamehameha and atttendant, Sandwich Islands], Hawaii](/photos2/2019/COL20191029_120183/20_1.jpg?w=3840&q=100)
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA tattooed woman of the Radak Islands, wearing a crown; Californian Indian woman's dress; and [King Kamehameha and atttendant, Sandwich Islands], Hawaii
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