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Born 1945 Texas. Known for: Classic and realist portrait painting, frescoes.
Over the last 30 years Benjamin Franklin Long, IV has established a reputation as a portrait painter and rare contemporary master of the ancient art of "true fresco*," painting directly on wet... Read full biography
Over the last 30 years Benjamin Franklin Long, IV has established a reputation as a portrait painter and rare contemporary master of the ancient art of "true fresco*," painting directly on wet plaster walls. Born in Texas, Long is the grandson of McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976), a revivalist... Read full biography
Over the last 30 years Benjamin Franklin Long, IV has established a reputation as a portrait painter and rare contemporary master of the ancient art of "true fresco*," painting directly on wet plaster walls. Born in Texas, Long is the grandson of McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976), a revivalist preacher and visionary painter whose early art training had grounded him firmly in the Western classical tradition. Benjamin F. Long, IV grew up in Statesville, NC, and studied at the University of North... Read full biography
Over the last 30 years Benjamin Franklin Long, IV has established a reputation as a portrait painter and rare contemporary master of the ancient art of "true fresco*," painting directly on wet plaster walls. Born in Texas, Long is the grandson of McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976), a revivalist preacher and visionary painter whose early art training had grounded him firmly in the Western classical tradition. Benjamin F. Long, IV grew up in Statesville, NC, and studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Art Students' League* in New York. Traveling to New York City, Long became a member of the Art Students League and began studying with Robert Beverly Hale and Frank Mason. However, in 1967 he interrupted his art... Read full biography
Over the last 30 years Benjamin Franklin Long, IV has established a reputation as a portrait painter and rare contemporary master of the ancient art of "true fresco*," painting directly on wet plaster walls. Born in Texas, Long is the grandson of McKendree Robbins Long (1888-1976), a revivalist preacher and visionary painter whose early art training had grounded him firmly in the Western classical tradition. Benjamin F. Long, IV grew up in Statesville, NC, and studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Art Students' League* in New York. Traveling to New York City, Long became a member of the Art Students League and began studying with Robert Beverly Hale and Frank Mason. However, in 1967 he interrupted his art studies to enlist in the Marine Corps, with which he served two years in Vietnam, initially as an Infantry officer and later as a combat artist... Read full biography
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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Asia, Orient
- •Europe
- •France After 1900
- •Italy
Art Association
- •Fine Art League of Asheville, N.C.
Art Teacher
- •Frank Mason
- •Pietro Annigoni
- •Robert Beverly Hale
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 21st Century
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Mural Specialty
- •Portrait Specialty