Joszi Arpad Koppay Austria,1859-1927 Portrait of John W. Gates, an American industrialist and promoter of barbed wire, dressed in a suit and fur coat. Koppay was formally trained as an architect before turning to art full time and received in honorable mention at the 1888 Paris Salon. Oil on canvas,Canvas 55" x 35 1/2",Frame 67 1/2" x 47 1/2" Signed "Koppay" lower right corner, Includes a "New Britain Museum of American Art" on verso. From the collection of a Foxborough, Massachusetts gentleman.