Guido Boggiani

Visual Artist

1861 – 1902

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Who was Guido Boggiani?

Guido Boggiani was an Italian painter, picture drawer, photographer, and ethnologist who in 1887 traveled through the interior of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay to document the lives of Indians in the region. Now hailed as a "pioneer of fieldwork" in Italian ethnology, he was ritually killed by natives in 1902.

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Born
Sep 20, 1861
Omegna
Profession
Education
  • Brera Academy
Died
May 7, 1902
Puerto Casado

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on July 23, 2013

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