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1743 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1812 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Portrait and figure painting-miniature.
Born in Philadelphia, Henry Benbridge was a portrait and figure painter who is known for the naturalism of his subjects and especially the richness with which he depicted the fabric of their... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Henry Benbridge was a portrait and figure painter who is known for the naturalism of his subjects and especially the richness with which he depicted the fabric of their clothing. He studied in Philadelphia with John Wollaston. At age 21, he inherited substantial money and... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Henry Benbridge was a portrait and figure painter who is known for the naturalism of his subjects and especially the richness with which he depicted the fabric of their clothing. He studied in Philadelphia with John Wollaston. At age 21, he inherited substantial money and studied for four years, 1765 to 1769, in Italy at a time when archaeological finds were generating much interest in classical antiquity. He associated with Christopher Hewetson, a successful Irish... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Henry Benbridge was a portrait and figure painter who is known for the naturalism of his subjects and especially the richness with which he depicted the fabric of their clothing. He studied in Philadelphia with John Wollaston. At age 21, he inherited substantial money and studied for four years, 1765 to 1769, in Italy at a time when archaeological finds were generating much interest in classical antiquity. He associated with Christopher Hewetson, a successful Irish sculptor, and through him met some of the most prominent artists of the day. He was also friendly with Anton Raphael Mengs, a leading contemporary artist, and Pompeo Batoni, a favorite of the British. He then went to London for a year and became associated... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, Henry Benbridge was a portrait and figure painter who is known for the naturalism of his subjects and especially the richness with which he depicted the fabric of their clothing. He studied in Philadelphia with John Wollaston. At age 21, he inherited substantial money and studied for four years, 1765 to 1769, in Italy at a time when archaeological finds were generating much interest in classical antiquity. He associated with Christopher Hewetson, a successful Irish sculptor, and through him met some of the most prominent artists of the day. He was also friendly with Anton Raphael Mengs, a leading contemporary artist, and Pompeo Batoni, a favorite of the British. He then went to London for a year and became associated with painter Benjamin West, a relative by marriage, and West was very helpful to him as was American statesman, Benjamin Franklin to whom... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesHenry Benbridge: Charleston Portrait Painter
2000McInnis, Maurie D154 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesCritical Issues in American Art A Book of Readings
1998Calo, Mary Ann328 pagesAmerican Paintings/Metropolitan Mus V 1, Artists Born by 1815
1994Caldwell, John/Oswaldo Roque628 pagesAmerican Art History and Culture
1994Craven, Wayne687 pages (color)The Rockefeller Collection American Art (at San Francisco Museums Fine Art)
1994
(Exhibition catalog)Simpson, Marc315 pages (color)American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue
1992
(Exhibition catalog)National Gallery of Art545 pagesAmerican Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts (vol 1)
1991Detroit Institute of the Arts340 pages (color)Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)American Paintings
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Schwarz-Philadelphia36 pages (color)The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989Fresella-Lee, Nancy222 pages (color)Look Away: Reality and Sentiment in Southern Art
1989Pennington, Estill Curtis200 pages (color)The American Canvas/Paintings from Collection Fine Art Museum, San Fran
1989Simpson, Marc (Mills, Saville)254 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1988
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings472 pagesThe Portrait in Britain and America with Biographical Dictionary of Portraitists 1680-1914
1987Simon, Robin255 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesAmerican Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
1986Richardson, Edgar P157 pages (color)300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985Smithsonian Institution461 pagesThe Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and the Products of Craftsmen
1983Poesch, Jessie384 pages (color)Painting in the South: 1564-1980
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Virginia Museum, Richmond362 pages (color)Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983Wright, R Lewis200 pagesAmerican Art from the Colonial and Federal Periods
1982Hirschl & Adler Galleries100 pages (color)American Portraiture in the Grand Manner 1720-1920
1981
(Exhibition catalog)Quick, Michael; William H Gerdts228 pages (color)The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981Rugoff, Milton669 pages (color)A Heritage of American Paintings From the National Gallery of Art
1981Williams, William James256 pages (color)American Art from the Gallery's Collection October 4 - 25, 1980
1980Galleries, Hirschl and Adler112 pages (color)Dictionary of American Art
1979Baigell, Mathew390 pagesArts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel736 pagesKaleidoscope of American Painting: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
1978
(Exhibition catalog)William Rockhill Nelson G of A72 pages (color)American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
1977Brown, Milton W631 pages (color)American Art: An Exhibition from the Collection of Mr & Mrs John D Rockefeller 3rd
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Richardson, Edgar P247 pages (color)The Genius of American Painting
1973Wilmerding, John352 pages (color)Henry Benbridge, 1743-1812: American Portrait Painter
1971Stewart, Robert0 pagesForty Masterworks of American Art
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Hirschl & Adler Galleries57 pages (color)American Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1966Los Angeles County Museum143 pages (color)Limners and Likenesses
1965Burroughs, Alan246 pagesAmerican Paintings V 1, Catalog, Metropolitan Museum
1965Gardner, Albert and S Field284 pagesA Short History of Painting in America
1963Richardson, Edgar P347 pages (color)The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pagesAmerican Painting History and Interpretation
1950Barker, Virgil715 pagesFrom Colony to Nation (Exhibition US works to War of 1812)
1949
(Exhibition catalog)Art Institute of Chicago140 pagesAmerican Portraits Catalogue of Portraits in Oil, Miniature, Sculptures
1941New York Historical Society367 pagesSurvey of American Painting
1940
(Exhibition catalog)Carnegie Institute320 pagesLife in America Exhibition Paintings/New York World's Fair
1939
(Exhibition catalog)Metropolitan Museum of Art230 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesA Critical Introduction to American Painting
1931Barker, Virgil52 pagesThe History and Ideals of American Art
1931Neuhaus, Eugen444 pagesArt in America
1929La Follette, Suzanne361 pagesNotes on American Artists 1754-1820 Portraits & Sculpture in New York Hist Society
1922Kelby, William80 pages (color)A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States (Revised edition from 1834)
1918Dunlap, William418 pagesOne Hundred Early American Paintings
1918Ehrich Galleries176 pages