Portrait of Marie François Sadi Carnot by Alfred L. Boisseau, 1894
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Item: Framed Painting
Title: Portrait of Marie François Sadi Carnot
Artist: Alfred L. Boisseau (American/Canadian, 1823-1901)
Age: 1894
Medium: Oil on Canvas
About the Subject: Marie François Sadi Carnot (August 11th, 1837 – June 25th, 1894) was a French statesman, who served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
About the Artist: Alfred Boisseau (1823–1901) was an American/Canadian artist who was born in Paris, France. He was known as a painter and photographer, who specialized in paintings of North American Natives and the West.
As a young man in his 20s, Boisseau immigrated to the United States, settling first in New Orleans, where his brother was working for the French consul. Except for a brief visit to Paris, he lived and worked in North America for the rest of his life. From 1848 Boisseau lived and worked in New York City and later in Cleveland. In 1860 he moved to Montreal and later to Manitoba, Canada in the western part of the country.