I can,t understand why you say you don,t have much information on this artist....when..all you had to do was google his name...there is all the info you need...or is it a case of ..let someone else,s fingers do the walking...
A son of a local portrait painter August Theodor Schoefft was born in Budapest in 1809 to German parents who had migrated to Hungary. After formal art training in Vienna Schoefft set out on a great adventure to travel exotic lands and paint foreign scenes while supporting himself on painting commissions as a professional artist. He managed to secure several prestigious portraits including Count Istvn Szcheny..
there are some contradictions as to his place of birth...
Painter. Born in Germany in 1809. Schoefft lived in San Francisco during the 1880s. His rare works include portraits and landscapes.
Most of his works were of Sikh...origin....
http://www.sikhmuseum.com/schoefft/details.html
