num_pages: 101
description: Buchser was an established Swiss painter sent by a Swiss political party to the US after the Civil War to represent Swiss enthusiasm and support for the Union victory. In this catalogue, published in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art, several essays discuss his travels, the context of his work, his life portrait (the last) of Robert E. Lee, his portraits of freed former slaves, and his sketches of Native American life. Thirty-one paintings plus notes are featured. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Frank Buchser, a Swiss Artist in America
titlecomplete: Frank Buchser, a Swiss Artist in America
publisher: Univ of Georgia Georgia Museum