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1738 Springfield, Pennsylvania - 1820 London, England. Known for: History, allegorical, religious and portrait paintings.
America's most famous successful expatriate painter and described as the "father of American painting" (Zellman, 55) Benjamin West became the first American artist to gain international fame. He was... Read full biography
America's most famous successful expatriate painter and described as the "father of American painting" (Zellman, 55) Benjamin West became the first American artist to gain international fame. He was known for his large-scale and realistic historical genre paintings. West was born near Springfield,... Read full biography
America's most famous successful expatriate painter and described as the "father of American painting" (Zellman, 55) Benjamin West became the first American artist to gain international fame. He was known for his large-scale and realistic historical genre paintings. West was born near Springfield, Pennsylvania, near the future location of Swathmore College. Supposedly, he first learned pigment making from local Indians. William Williams, an English portrait painter living in Philadelphia, was... Read full biography
America's most famous successful expatriate painter and described as the "father of American painting" (Zellman, 55) Benjamin West became the first American artist to gain international fame. He was known for his large-scale and realistic historical genre paintings. West was born near Springfield, Pennsylvania, near the future location of Swathmore College. Supposedly, he first learned pigment making from local Indians. William Williams, an English portrait painter living in Philadelphia, was probably his first teacher. West's father was an innkeeper, and as a youngster, West began sketching many of the people who passed through his home. As a teenager, he was painting portraits in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and by age 20, had finished his... Read full biography
America's most famous successful expatriate painter and described as the "father of American painting" (Zellman, 55) Benjamin West became the first American artist to gain international fame. He was known for his large-scale and realistic historical genre paintings. West was born near Springfield, Pennsylvania, near the future location of Swathmore College. Supposedly, he first learned pigment making from local Indians. William Williams, an English portrait painter living in Philadelphia, was probably his first teacher. West's father was an innkeeper, and as a youngster, West began sketching many of the people who passed through his home. As a teenager, he was painting portraits in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and by age 20, had finished his first history painting, The Death of Socrates. Sensing his exceptional talent, a group of local per... Read full biography
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- The Library Company of PhiladelphiaAugust 2006Soltis, Carol EatonThe Magazine Antiques
- Selections from the Dr & Mrs HenryAugust 2005Landon, Dr Henry C IIIAmerican Art Review
- Drawings & Watercolors, Hood MuseumMarch 2005MacAdam, Barbara JAmerican Art Review
- 200th Anniversary of PA AcademyJanuary 2005Editors, American Art ReviewAmerican Art Review
- American Artists Abroad and Their IOctober 2004Stula, NancyAmerican Art Review
- The Hickory Museum of ArtMay 2004Mirabella, StephenAmerican Arts Quarterly
- American Art at the Flint InstituteOctober 2003Leeds, Valerie AnnAmerican Art Review
- Nuts & BoltsSeptember 2003Baxter, Kathleen (ed)American Artist
- The Great American NudeAugust 2002Gerdts, W and Hall-Duncan, NAmerican Art Review
- A Passion for America's PastMay 2002May, StephenARTnews
- Top 100 TreasuresNovember 2001Editors, Art & AntiquesArt & Antiques
- Current and ComingDecember 2000Ledes, Allison EckardtThe Magazine Antiques
- Treasures from the SmithsonianApril 2000Severens, Martha RAmerican Art Review
- William Rush's Indian TraderDecember 1999Lahvis, Sylvia LeistynaThe Magazine Antiques
- The Forbes Magazine CollectionJune 1999Forbes, ChristopherAmerican Art Review
- New Britain Museum of American ArtApril 1999Buckley, LaureneAmerican Art Review
- Treasures from Westmoreland MuseumFebruary 1999O'Toole, Judith/ Carla HerlingAmerican Art Review
- Benjamin West and the DeathNovember 1996McNairn, AlanThe Magazine Antiques
- 150 Years of American PaintingOctober 1995Gibbs, Linda JonesAmerican Art Review
- Current and ComingSeptember 1994Ledes, Allison EckhardtThe Magazine Antiques