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1904 Romania - 2001 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Illustrator, war artist, caricature.
The following obituary is from the New York Times, June 3, 2001 . Robert L. Benney, 97, Prolific Combat Artist, Dies . By WOLFGANG SAXON . Robert L. Benney, a prolific painter and illustrator who... Read full biography
The following obituary is from the New York Times, June 3, 2001 . Robert L. Benney, 97, Prolific Combat Artist, Dies . By WOLFGANG SAXON . Robert L. Benney, a prolific painter and illustrator who belonged to the . vanishing breed of American combat artists, died on May 14 in Boston. He was . 97 and... Read full biography
The following obituary is from the New York Times, June 3, 2001 . Robert L. Benney, 97, Prolific Combat Artist, Dies . By WOLFGANG SAXON . Robert L. Benney, a prolific painter and illustrator who belonged to the . vanishing breed of American combat artists, died on May 14 in Boston. He was . 97 and had recently moved to Boston from Manhattan. Mr. Benney was widely shown, starting with an exhibition of theater drawings at the Museum of the City of New York in 1933. His portraits of war and peace... Read full biography
The following obituary is from the New York Times, June 3, 2001 . Robert L. Benney, 97, Prolific Combat Artist, Dies . By WOLFGANG SAXON . Robert L. Benney, a prolific painter and illustrator who belonged to the . vanishing breed of American combat artists, died on May 14 in Boston. He was . 97 and had recently moved to Boston from Manhattan. Mr. Benney was widely shown, starting with an exhibition of theater drawings at the Museum of the City of New York in 1933. His portraits of war and peace found permanent homes at the Corcoran Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, the de Young Museum in San . Francisco, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, N.Y., and the . Society of... Read full biography
The following obituary is from the New York Times, June 3, 2001 . Robert L. Benney, 97, Prolific Combat Artist, Dies . By WOLFGANG SAXON . Robert L. Benney, a prolific painter and illustrator who belonged to the . vanishing breed of American combat artists, died on May 14 in Boston. He was . 97 and had recently moved to Boston from Manhattan. Mr. Benney was widely shown, starting with an exhibition of theater drawings at the Museum of the City of New York in 1933. His portraits of war and peace found permanent homes at the Corcoran Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, the de Young Museum in San . Francisco, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, N.Y., and the . Society of Illustrators in Manhattan. His stark oils and watercolors were among the works of combat art featured . last year on public tele... Read full biography
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The following obituary is from the New York Times, June 3, 2001
Robert L. Benney, 97, Prolific Combat Artist, Dies
By WOLFGANG SAXON
Robert L. Benney, a prolific painter and illustrator who belonged to the
vanishing breed of American combat artists, died on May 14 in Boston. He was
97 and had recently moved to Boston from Manhattan. Mr. Benney was widely shown, starting with an exhibition of theater drawings at the Museum of the City of New York in 1933. His portraits of war and peace found permanent homes at the Corcoran Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, the de Young Museum in San
Francisco, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, N.Y., and theBut wait, there's more...
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