Joseph Hastings Bennett - Artist Info

About Joseph Hastings Bennett

  • Biography

    Joseph Hastings Bennett (1889 - 1969) was a painter, etcher, and printmaker. He was born in San Diego, California on March 27, 1889. In his early years Bennett moved to Northern California where he spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay area. He got his start in Etchings in 1932.

    In 1937 he turned his hands to oils. He was a student of Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978), Armin Carl Hansen (1886 - 1957), and Arthur Hill Gilbert. The influence of his teachers is evident in all his works.

    He mainly painted seascapes, landscapes, and cowboy genre or Plein Air scenes of Carmel by the Sea and the foothills near Monterey.

    He exhibited in many famous art shows&...

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