Leon Ambroise Gauthier (French/Latin America, 1822-1880)
A native Parisian, Gauthier studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts through 1841. He exhibited landscapes, portraits and genre paintings at the academic Salons from 1844 to 1879, receiving an honorable mention in 1863. Another Gauthier portrait of a gentleman, dated circa 1853, is part of the corporate collection of the Banco de la Republica of Bogota, Columbia.
Information courtesy of Neal Auction Company