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Anton Goering BIOGRAPHY
1836 - 1905. Known for: Painting.
Goering was commissioned by the British Museum to pursue his ornithological studies in South America and traveled to Venezuela in 1866 where he remained for eight years, exploring little-known parts... Read full biography
Goering was commissioned by the British Museum to pursue his ornithological studies in South America and traveled to Venezuela in 1866 where he remained for eight years, exploring little-known parts of the country in the footsteps of Humboldt. On his return he wrote an account of his visit (Vom... Read full biography
Goering was commissioned by the British Museum to pursue his ornithological studies in South America and traveled to Venezuela in 1866 where he remained for eight years, exploring little-known parts of the country in the footsteps of Humboldt. On his return he wrote an account of his visit (Vom tropischen Tieflande zum ewigen Schnee. Eine malerische Schilderung des schönsten tropenlandes Venezuela, Leipzig, 1890) illustrated with plates from his sketches.... Read full biography
Goering was commissioned by the British Museum to pursue his ornithological studies in South America and traveled to Venezuela in 1866 where he remained for eight years, exploring little-known parts of the country in the footsteps of Humboldt. On his return he wrote an account of his visit (Vom tropischen Tieflande zum ewigen Schnee. Eine malerische Schilderung des schönsten tropenlandes Venezuela, Leipzig, 1890) illustrated with plates from his sketches.... Read full biography
Goering was commissioned by the British Museum to pursue his ornithological studies in South America and traveled to Venezuela in 1866 where he remained for eight years, exploring little-known parts of the country in the footsteps of Humboldt. On his return he wrote an account of his visit (Vom tropischen Tieflande zum ewigen Schnee. Eine malerische Schilderung des schönsten tropenlandes Venezuela, Leipzig, 1890) illustrated with plates from his sketches.
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Christian Anton Goering
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Christian Anton Goering, usually only "Anton Goering", German painter, illustrator, writer, ornithologist, zoologist and taxidermist initially trained as a taxidermist at the Halle zoologist Hermann Burmeister. traveled to South America (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay), from 1860 studied at the Academy of Leipzig with Hermann Knaur,Biography from Christie's London, King Street
Goering was commissioned by the British Museum to pursue his ornithological studies in South America and traveled to Venezuela in 1866 where he remained for eight years, exploring little-known parts of the country in the footsteps of Humboldt. On his return he wrote an account of his visit (Vom tropischen Tieflande zum ewigen Schnee. Eine malerische Schilderung des schönsten tropenlandes Venezuela, Leipzig, 1890) illustrated with plates from his sketches.