Benjamin West Clinedinst was a distinguished American magazine and book illustrator and painter, known for portraits, still life, genre and landscape painting. He was born at Woodstock, Virginia, and... Read full biography
Benjamin West Clinedinst was a distinguished American magazine and book illustrator and painter, known for portraits, still life, genre and landscape painting. He was born at Woodstock, Virginia, and named for American artist, Benjamin West (1738-1820) because of his father's admiration for West's... Read full biography
Benjamin West Clinedinst was a distinguished American magazine and book illustrator and painter, known for portraits, still life, genre and landscape painting. He was born at Woodstock, Virginia, and named for American artist, Benjamin West (1738-1820) because of his father's admiration for West's painting, Death on a Pale Horse. Much influenced by his father who had been a Confederate soldier, Benjamin Clinedinst, having gone through early schooling in Staunton, first set out to have a... Read full biography
Benjamin West Clinedinst was a distinguished American magazine and book illustrator and painter, known for portraits, still life, genre and landscape painting. He was born at Woodstock, Virginia, and named for American artist, Benjamin West (1738-1820) because of his father's admiration for West's painting, Death on a Pale Horse. Much influenced by his father who had been a Confederate soldier, Benjamin Clinedinst, having gone through early schooling in Staunton, first set out to have a military career. He enrolled in 1876 in the Virginia Military Institute, but eyesight problems ended his military aspirations. Although he graduated from the Institute, during his second year he sought serious instruction for his obvious art talents by... Read full biography
Benjamin West Clinedinst was a distinguished American magazine and book illustrator and painter, known for portraits, still life, genre and landscape painting. He was born at Woodstock, Virginia, and named for American artist, Benjamin West (1738-1820) because of his father's admiration for West's painting, Death on a Pale Horse. Much influenced by his father who had been a Confederate soldier, Benjamin Clinedinst, having gone through early schooling in Staunton, first set out to have a military career. He enrolled in 1876 in the Virginia Military Institute, but eyesight problems ended his military aspirations. Although he graduated from the Institute, during his second year he sought serious instruction for his obvious art talents by taking classes at the Maryland Institute of Art* where he was a student of Hugh Newell. After studying for a year in... Read full biography
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