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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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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Sketch, Sketching
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Alaska Before 1940
- •California Before 1940
- •Europe
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Russia
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
Added Description
- •Expedition Artist of Drawings, Paintings, and/or Photographs