A German explorer artist and writer who made three extensive trips to the American West, Heinrich Mollhausen was inspired by America and subjects including "Indians, the plains, Utah and the Mormons,... Read full biography
A German explorer artist and writer who made three extensive trips to the American West, Heinrich Mollhausen was inspired by America and subjects including "Indians, the plains, Utah and the Mormons, gold and California, the Santa Fe trail, the Civil War, the South, the Great Lakes and the sea."... Read full biography
A German explorer artist and writer who made three extensive trips to the American West, Heinrich Mollhausen was inspired by America and subjects including "Indians, the plains, Utah and the Mormons, gold and California, the Santa Fe trail, the Civil War, the South, the Great Lakes and the sea." (23) He was born near Bonn, Germany. His father, who collected copper engravings, died when Mollhausen was young, and he then lived with relatives who enrolled him for schooling at Bonn. He showed early... Read full biography
A German explorer artist and writer who made three extensive trips to the American West, Heinrich Mollhausen was inspired by America and subjects including "Indians, the plains, Utah and the Mormons, gold and California, the Santa Fe trail, the Civil War, the South, the Great Lakes and the sea." (23) He was born near Bonn, Germany. His father, who collected copper engravings, died when Mollhausen was young, and he then lived with relatives who enrolled him for schooling at Bonn. He showed early talent for drawing but had no special training. After several years in the military, he became one of the many German immigrants who moved westward across the United States. Mollhausen's trips to the United States were between 1849 and 1858, and... Read full biography
A German explorer artist and writer who made three extensive trips to the American West, Heinrich Mollhausen was inspired by America and subjects including "Indians, the plains, Utah and the Mormons, gold and California, the Santa Fe trail, the Civil War, the South, the Great Lakes and the sea." (23) He was born near Bonn, Germany. His father, who collected copper engravings, died when Mollhausen was young, and he then lived with relatives who enrolled him for schooling at Bonn. He showed early talent for drawing but had no special training. After several years in the military, he became one of the many German immigrants who moved westward across the United States. Mollhausen's trips to the United States were between 1849 and 1858, and resulted in his making substantial contribution to the pictorial history of the American West. He is interchangeably... Read full biography
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About Heinrich Balduin/Baldwin Mollhausen: Books
Books & Publications (29)
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Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts
2009
Poulton, Donna L. and Vern G. Swanson
304 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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