Heinrich Rasch was born in 1840. He was a German landscape, genre and marine painter from the environment of the Munich School. He was a pupil of A. Melbye, H. Gude and A. v. Ramberg.

Rasch mainly lived and worked in Munich. His oeuvre is principally characterized by a naturalistic style of painting.

Works of the artist were collected in the following museums: Städtische Galerie Nürnberg, Kunsthalle Kiel and Universitäts-Galerie Würzburg.

Heinrich Rasch passed away in Germany in 1913.