Carl Rungius

Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius was a leading American wildlife artist. He was born in Germany though he immigrated to the United States and he spent his career painting in the western United States and Canada. Active primarily in the first half of the 20th century, he earned a reputation as the most important big game painter and the first career wildlife artist in North America.

18 August 1869

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Born in the same month (August 1869): Laurence Binyon • Mary Frances Winston Newson • Tom Kiely • William Henry Ogilvie