biografía de Emil FOERSTER (1822-1906)

Lugar de nacimiento: Giessen, Germany

Profesión: Portrait painter

Comentarios: During the 1850s he painted portraits and some genre scenes in Pittsburgh (PA). He also painted an Ascension" for the Catholic Church in Pittsburgh. He later worked in Philadelphia and NYC. He is reported to have painted over 600 portraits.

Fuentes: G&W; info courtesy of the late William Sawitzky; Fleming, History of Pittsburgh, III, 626; Rutledge, PA."