Frank Buchser (1828-1890) Swiss, Oil on Canvas. Titled 'Hare Hunting'. Depicting a hunting scene. Signed in the lower left. Appears to be Buscher, loosely signed. Previously sold in another auction in 2017. Overall Size: 25 1/2 x 33 in. Sight Size: 17 1/2 x 25 in. #2097 . Frank Buchser is known for Portrait and western landscape painting, sketches. With an interest in the after-effects of the Civil War, Frank Buchser spent much time in Virigina in the area of Charlottesville and painted landscapes and portraits of black Americans. In 1869, he also did a portrait of Robert E. Lee, Confederate Civil War General. According to researcher Sam Towler, the name of Frank Buscher (Buchser) was listed in the 1870 census of Charlottesville, Virginia, Fredericksville Parish. His residence was written as the hotel run by Rice Bailey, which at that time was outside the city limits near what is now the University of Virginia. Buchser was also active as a portraitist in Washington DC and New York City, where he exhibited at the National Academy of Design. His art studies were in Rome and Paris.