With an interest in the after-effects of the Civil War, Frank Buchser spent much time in Virigina in the area of Charlottesville and painted landscapes and portraits of black Americans. In 1869, he... Read full biography
With an interest in the after-effects of the Civil War, Frank Buchser spent much time in Virigina in the area of Charlottesville and painted landscapes and portraits of black Americans. In 1869, he also did a portrait of Robert E. Lee, Confederate Civil War General. According to researcher Sam... Read full biography
With an interest in the after-effects of the Civil War, Frank Buchser spent much time in Virigina in the area of Charlottesville and painted landscapes and portraits of black Americans. In 1869, he also did a portrait of Robert E. Lee, Confederate Civil War General. According to researcher Sam Towler, the name of Frank Buscher (Buchser) was listed in the 1870 census of Charlottesville, Virginia, Fredericksville Parish. His residence was written as the hotel run by Rice Bailey, which at that... Read full biography
With an interest in the after-effects of the Civil War, Frank Buchser spent much time in Virigina in the area of Charlottesville and painted landscapes and portraits of black Americans. In 1869, he also did a portrait of Robert E. Lee, Confederate Civil War General. According to researcher Sam Towler, the name of Frank Buscher (Buchser) was listed in the 1870 census of Charlottesville, Virginia, Fredericksville Parish. His residence was written as the hotel run by Rice Bailey, which at that time was outside the city limits near what is now the University of Virginia. Buchser was also active as a portraitist in Washington DC and New York City, where he exhibited at the National Academy of Design. His art studies were in Rome and Paris.... Read full biography
With an interest in the after-effects of the Civil War, Frank Buchser spent much time in Virigina in the area of Charlottesville and painted landscapes and portraits of black Americans. In 1869, he also did a portrait of Robert E. Lee, Confederate Civil War General. According to researcher Sam Towler, the name of Frank Buscher (Buchser) was listed in the 1870 census of Charlottesville, Virginia, Fredericksville Parish. His residence was written as the hotel run by Rice Bailey, which at that time was outside the city limits near what is now the University of Virginia. Buchser was also active as a portraitist in Washington DC and New York City, where he exhibited at the National Academy of Design. His art studies were in Rome and Paris. Sources include:. Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art. Sam Towler, inf... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (18)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Ideal
2003
Rasmussen, William M.S.; Robert S. Tilton
252 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Painted Voyage Art, Travel and Exploration 1564-1875
1995
Jacobs, Michael
156 pages (color)
American Icons
1992
Gaehtgens, Thomas W (editor)
390 pages
Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography Volume One (A-F)
1988
Thrapp, Dan L.
524 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983
Wright, R Lewis
200 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes)
1971
Bell, David
2,139 pages (color)
Presidential Portraits
1968
Purdy, Virginia/Daniel J Reed
75 pages
This New Man A Discourse in Portraits (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Townsend, Benjamin (others)
217 pages (color)
Westward the Way: Louisiana Territory as Seen by Artists and Writers
1954
Rathbone, Perry T (editor)
280 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index