Louis Choris
Louis Choris (1795–1828) was a
German-Russian painter and explorer.[1]
Biography
Louis Choris was born in
Pacific and the west coast of North America on board the Russian expeditionary ship Rurik, serving as an artist with the Romanzoff expedition under the command of Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue
, which was tasked with exploring a northwest passage.
Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea in order to load food and equipment for the expedition to the Chukchi Sea
in the north. Drawing by Louis Choris in 1817.In terms of his work as an artist, Choris is said to have "painted nature as he found it. The essence of his art is truth; a fresh, vigorous view of life, and an originality in portrayal."Vera Cruz, Mexico.[3]
Choris' works are now held in public collections by such museums as the
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Oakland Museum of California
.
Legacy
Otto von Kotzebue named the Choris Peninsula after Choris.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Louis Choris". The Bancroft Library - University of California
- ^ https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/hawaii-as-seen-by-an-artist-in-1816
- ^ San Francsico One Hundred Years Ago - Translated From the French of Louis Choris By Porter Garnett, Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
Literature
- Daum, Andreas W., German Naturalists in the Pacific around 1800: Entanglement, Autonomy, and a Transnational Culture of Expertise. In Explorations and Entanglements: Germans in Pacific Worlds from the Early Modern Period to World War I, ed. Hartmut Berghoff et al. New York, Berghahn Books, 2019, 70‒102.
- Ellis, George R., Honolulu Academy of Arts, Selected Works, Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1990, 181.
- Forbes, David W., Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778–1941, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, 23–62.
Gallery
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Kamehameha, King of the Sandwich Islands, pen and watercolor by Louis Choris, 1816, Honolulu Museum of Art -
Kaahumanu, Woman of the Sandwich Islands, pen, ink wash and watercolor by Louis Choris, 1816, Honolulu Museum of Art -
Interior of a House of a Chief of the Sandwich Islands by Louis Choris, pen, watercolor and gouache, 1816, Honolulu Academy of Arts -
Men's dance in the Sandwich Islands, by Louis Choris, 1816, published 1822, National Library of New Zealand -
Ohlone Indians in a Tule Boat in the San Francisco Bay, by Louis Choris, 1816, published 1822 -
ABering strait. Drawing by Louis Choris in summer 1816. -
Port of Honolulu as seen Louis Choris in 1816
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