NYTimes.com: A Portraitist, and His Images of the Famous, Come to Light

By DAVID GONZALEZ

Faces of great men, and a grande dame or two, peek out from the linseed-scented clutter of Robert Seyffert’s studio in the South Bronx. Their portraits, rendered in luminous oils or bold strokes of charcoal, resonate with life, though they were made almost a century ago.

To Mr. Seyffert, they are a testament to their creator — his grandfather, Leopold Gould Seyffert — and the distinguished businessmen, philanthropists, politicians and artists who sat before him for portraits that graced boardrooms and mansions from New York to Newport, R.I., and beyond.

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