Edward Bosqui

{{short description|American artist (1832–1917)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Edward Bosqui

| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|7|23}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Lower Canada

| death_date = {{death date|1917|12|15}}

| death_place =

| nationality = Canadian-American

| occupation = Artist, printer, businessman

| known_for = Founder of Bosqui Engraving and Printing Company; San Francisco Art Association

| children = 8,

| notable_works = El Pinal Vineyard

| organizations = Bohemian Club, San Francisco Art Association

}}

File:El Pinal Vineyard (2006-0239).jpg

Edward Bosqui (July 23, 1832 – December 15, 1917) was a Canadian artist, printer, and pioneer in San Francisco, California. Involved in the Bohemian Club, he was a patron of the arts.

Bosqui was born in Montreal and came to California in 1850.{{Cite journal| url=http://ch.ucpress.edu/content/21/4/321| doi=10.2307/25161023| jstor=25161023| title=Edward Bosqui, Printer and Man of Affairs| journal=California History| volume=21| issue=4| pages=321–332| year=1942| last1=Wagner| first1=H. R.| archive-date=2018-11-07| access-date=2018-11-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145414/http://ch.ucpress.edu/content/21/4/321| url-status=live}} He founded the Bosqui Engraving and Printing Company in 1863. A stereoscopic albumen silver print of the building was taken by Eadweard J. Muybridge in 1869.{{cite web|url=http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/78284/eadweard-j-muybridge-edward-bosqui-and-co%27s-printing-house-san-francisco-american-1869/|title=Edward Bosqui and Co's Printing House, San Francisco. (Getty Museum)|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|access-date=2018-11-07|archive-date=2018-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127152028/http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/78284/eadweard-j-muybridge-edward-bosqui-and-co%27s-printing-house-san-francisco-american-1869/|url-status=live}} Bosqui helped organize the San Francisco Art Association in 1871.{{cite web | url=http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pz5bjw | title=Bosqui, Edward, 1832-1917 @ SNAC | access-date=2018-11-07 | archive-date=2018-11-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145109/http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pz5bjw | url-status=live }}

His home burned down in 1897 and many of his paintings were destroyed in the fire. His printing business also later burned.

He had eight children.{{cite news | url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SN19171215.2.70&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 | title=Edward Bosqui dies, aged 85 | newspaper=Sausalito News | date=December 15, 1917 | archive-date=November 7, 2018 | access-date=November 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107145429/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SN19171215.2.70&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 | url-status=live }}

His son, Edward L. Bosqui, became California Fish and Game commissioner. Bosqui died in 1917.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist11/edwardbosqui.html|title=Edward Bosqui Passes|website=www.sfmuseum.net|access-date=2018-11-07|archive-date=2018-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925225422/http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist11/edwardbosqui.html|url-status=live}}