Portrait of George Cary w/ Family Crest Oil on Canvas by Gaston Charpentier-Bosio (1858 - 1923)

Art Sz: 39 1/4"H x 31 3/4"W

Frame Sz: 44 1/4"H x 36 3/4"W

w/ gilt wood frame

*w/ slight scratch marks to canvas surface*

Weighs: 21 lbs so requires 'white glove' S&H @ buyer's expense*

Louis Gaston Amédée CHARPENTIER-BOSIO was born in Paris February 4, 1858 and died in Paris April 21 1923 was a French artist. Son of the painter André-Amédée CHARPENTIER-BOSIO and grandson of Astyanax Scaevola BOSIO, student of William BOUGUEREAU and Tony ROBERT-FLEURY, landscape designer, member of the Salon of French artists, he obtained an honorable mention there. In 1890 he became an honorable member of Salon des artistes français. He worked three years in Villa Medicis in Rome. He was honoured in 1892, got a third class medal in 1895 and won a bronze medal in 1900 during the Universal Exposition in Paris.

George Cary (1859 – May 5, 1945), was a major American architect from New York State known for his designs for the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York.

George Cary was born in 1859. He was one of seven children born to prominent Buffalo resident, Dr. Walter Cary (1818–1881) and Julia Cary (née Love). His siblings included: Trumbull Cary; Thomas Cary; Charles Cary, who in 1879 married Evelyn Rumsey; Jennie Cary, who married Laurence D. Rumsey; Walter Cary Jr.; and Seward Cary. His nephew through his sister Jennie, was Charles Cary Rumsey (1879–1922), who married Mary Harriman, daughter of millionaire railroad executive E. H. Harriman and Mary Williamson.