German painter and illustrator (1860 Hammerstein / West Prussia and 1926 Berlin - Stahnsdorf), pupil of the Berlin Academy for Christian Wilberg and Eugen Bracht, undertook 1885 - 86 study trip to German - East Africa since demand colonial painter charged the Berlin Academy exhibitions and the Great Berlin Art exhibition, some teachers at Berlin's Museum of Decorative Arts, co - club, honorary member of the geographical society Jena, honoring the Mecklenburgisch - Schwerinischen medal for art and science, active in Berlin - Friedenau.

Sources:
Thieme - Becker, Saur, Boetticher, Dressler, Künstlerlexikon East Prussia and West Prussia, Mueller - Singer and Wikipedia.

The painter Rudolf Hellgrewe was born in 1860 in West Prussian Hammerstein. He studied at the Berlin Academy of Art under Eugen Bracht and Christian Wilberg. After his journey to East Africa from 1885-86 he created numerous images with oriental subjects, moreover, he was illustrating travel literature. He was also co-founder of the German Colonial Museum. (cru)