Palm Beach Visual Arts
2016Pollack, Deborah C.
200 pages (color)
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1870 Kempton, Pennsylvania - 1921 Palm Beach, Florida. Known for: Trompe l'oeil animal, still life and landscape painting.
Ben Austrian left school at the age of fifteen and worked as a salesman for several years, while teaching himself to be an artist. He helped promote the business by giving every person that placed an... Read full biography
Ben Austrian left school at the age of fifteen and worked as a salesman for several years, while teaching himself to be an artist. He helped promote the business by giving every person that placed an order-no matter how small- an original painting. His painting career began by exhibiting a trompe... Read full biography
Ben Austrian left school at the age of fifteen and worked as a salesman for several years, while teaching himself to be an artist. He helped promote the business by giving every person that placed an order-no matter how small- an original painting. His painting career began by exhibiting a trompe l'oeil painting called A Day's Hunt that received attention in Philadelphia. However, Austrian's success came from his paintings of chickens. In 1902 he went to Paris, where he opened a studio and in... Read full biography
Ben Austrian left school at the age of fifteen and worked as a salesman for several years, while teaching himself to be an artist. He helped promote the business by giving every person that placed an order-no matter how small- an original painting. His painting career began by exhibiting a trompe l'oeil painting called A Day's Hunt that received attention in Philadelphia. However, Austrian's success came from his paintings of chickens. In 1902 he went to Paris, where he opened a studio and in London he was acclaimed "The Landseer of Chickens." . One of his chickens became the famous trademark for the Bon Ami slogan - "hasn't scratched yet." . His paintings for the advertisements were full-color oils. Unfortunately at the height of his... Read full biography
Ben Austrian left school at the age of fifteen and worked as a salesman for several years, while teaching himself to be an artist. He helped promote the business by giving every person that placed an order-no matter how small- an original painting. His painting career began by exhibiting a trompe l'oeil painting called A Day's Hunt that received attention in Philadelphia. However, Austrian's success came from his paintings of chickens. In 1902 he went to Paris, where he opened a studio and in London he was acclaimed "The Landseer of Chickens." . One of his chickens became the famous trademark for the Bon Ami slogan - "hasn't scratched yet." . His paintings for the advertisements were full-color oils. Unfortunately at the height of his success he died of a stroke in 1921. Credits:. Pennsylvania Heritage, 198... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesBen Austrian, Artist
1997Austrian, Geoffrey D120 pages (color)150 Years of Philadelphia Still Life Painting
1997
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz, Robert Devlin130 pages (color)American Painting Frank S. Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia
1994
(Exhibition catalog)Editors56 pages (color)Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)American and European Paintings (Schwarz Galleries, Philadelphia)
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Robert Schwarz32 pages (color)American Painting
1989Schwarz-Philadelphia64 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pages300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesAmerican Paintings
1985
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz-Philadelphia30 pagesAmerican Paintings
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz-Philadelphia22 pagesAfter the Hunt: William Harnett and Other American Still Life Painters
1953Frankenstein, Alfred189 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages