August Benziger International Portrait Painter

August Benziger was one of the most sought-after portrait painters of the late 19th & early 20th century. His subjects ranged from Popes to princes, from presidents to businessmen. Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Pope Leo XIII, President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico, William McKinley, Cardinal Gibbons - just a few of the subjects of his photography & paintbrush. No man was more admirably suited to be the painter prince, portraying the grand finale of European royalty. He did not, however, treat his epoch as the "twilight of the gods," but rather as a prelude to a new life in America, with settings designed by himself. ISBN 1-55612-614-X, 360 pp., illus., price $29.95.Benziger, Marieli is the author of 'August Benziger International Portrait Painter' with ISBN 9781556126147 and ISBN 155612614X.