Born in Philadelphia, George Bensell studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and became a portrait, poetical genre, landscape, and historical painter. The Philadelphia Sketch Club was formed in his... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, George Bensell studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and became a portrait, poetical genre, landscape, and historical painter. The Philadelphia Sketch Club was formed in his studio in 1860, and he served as the Club's first president. He was also an instructor at the... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, George Bensell studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and became a portrait, poetical genre, landscape, and historical painter. The Philadelphia Sketch Club was formed in his studio in 1860, and he served as the Club's first president. He was also an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy and with Samuel Diffield in 1867, wrote a twenty-two page poem, "The Artist's Dream". Source:. William Patterson & David Zellin, "Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, George Bensell studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and became a portrait, poetical genre, landscape, and historical painter. The Philadelphia Sketch Club was formed in his studio in 1860, and he served as the Club's first president. He was also an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy and with Samuel Diffield in 1867, wrote a twenty-two page poem, "The Artist's Dream". Source:. William Patterson & David Zellin, "Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club"... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, George Bensell studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and became a portrait, poetical genre, landscape, and historical painter. The Philadelphia Sketch Club was formed in his studio in 1860, and he served as the Club's first president. He was also an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy and with Samuel Diffield in 1867, wrote a twenty-two page poem, "The Artist's Dream". Source:. William Patterson & David Zellin, "Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club"... 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
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Sellin, David; Mark Sullivan
52 pages (color)
Early Art and Artists in West Virginia
2000
Cuthbert, John A.
301 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two
1997
Vose Galleries
35 pages (color)
American and European Paintings Under $7,500. (Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia) (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Thiede, Rolf; David Cassedy, Matthew North, Christine Schultz
72 pages
The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Falk, Peter Hastings
472 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983
Wright, R Lewis
200 pages
Sketch Club Tricentennial Year Book A Salute to Philadelphia, 1682-1982
1982
Dooley, John (Foreward)
30 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons
1970
Bolton, Theodore
111 pages
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957
Groce, George; David Wallace
759 pages
Western Paintings A Distinguished Collection (of)
1956
McCracken, Harold
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index