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1941 Los Angeles County, California - 1996 Washington State. Known for: Landscape, seascape, marine painting.
Born: Los Angeles, Studied: Art Center School (Los Angeles) Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Ritchie A. Bensen grew up in the Los Angeles area during the World War... Read full biography
Born: Los Angeles, Studied: Art Center School (Los Angeles) Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Ritchie A. Bensen grew up in the Los Angeles area during the World War 11 era. By the late 1950s, he was studying watercolor painting and by the 1960s was exhibiting on a... Read full biography
Born: Los Angeles, Studied: Art Center School (Los Angeles) Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Ritchie A. Bensen grew up in the Los Angeles area during the World War 11 era. By the late 1950s, he was studying watercolor painting and by the 1960s was exhibiting on a national level. He spent a great deal of time painting along the California coast and was most interested in producing works which pictured boats and harbor scenes. His watercolors were sold through... Read full biography
Born: Los Angeles, Studied: Art Center School (Los Angeles) Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Ritchie A. Bensen grew up in the Los Angeles area during the World War 11 era. By the late 1950s, he was studying watercolor painting and by the 1960s was exhibiting on a national level. He spent a great deal of time painting along the California coast and was most interested in producing works which pictured boats and harbor scenes. His watercolors were sold through the Challis Gallery in Laguna Beach and through art association exhibition sales. Although he continued to paint occasionally in Southern California, most of Bensen's later works were done in Mendocino, California, or farther north in Washington... Read full biography
Born: Los Angeles, Studied: Art Center School (Los Angeles) Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Ritchie A. Bensen grew up in the Los Angeles area during the World War 11 era. By the late 1950s, he was studying watercolor painting and by the 1960s was exhibiting on a national level. He spent a great deal of time painting along the California coast and was most interested in producing works which pictured boats and harbor scenes. His watercolors were sold through the Challis Gallery in Laguna Beach and through art association exhibition sales. Although he continued to paint occasionally in Southern California, most of Bensen's later works were done in Mendocino, California, or farther north in Washington state where he spent a lot of time painting on the beaches and in the harbors. Biographical information: Interview with... Read full biography
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Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Seascapes, Seasides
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •California Watercolor Society
Art School
- •Art Center College, School of Design, Pasadena, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Seascape Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •California Watercolor Society-