biografía de Charles Leopold OSTNER (1828-1913)

Lugar de nacimiento: Baden, Germany

Lugar de defunción: Boise, ID

Direcciones: Boise, ID, from c.1864

Profesión: Sculptor and carver, painter

Estudios: Heidelberg Univ.

Obra: Idaho Hist. Soc., Boise, Id.

Comentarios: Came to U.S. in 1849, settled first in Philadelphia. In 1850 followed the Gold Rush to San Francisco. Advertised as sculptor and carver 1856-59. Credited with starting the first chapter of Turnverein gymnasts in San Francisco. In 1860 or 1864 moved to Idaho territory, still in search of gold, and eventually settled in Boise. Specialized in horses as subject matter for his paintings and for his carvings. In 1869 he dedicated to Idaho pioneers a carved statue of George Washington on his horse.

Fuentes: G&W; G&W had listed him as Charles Hinkley Ostner. See San Francisco CD 1856, BD 1858-59; Dawdy, vol.1; Hughes, Artists in California.