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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Books & Publications (12)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide
1991
Gilbert Anne
1,991 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966
Reed, Walt
272 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index