Maine. 1849 - 1929
Ship portrait, mural, animal portrait
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1865 Salem, Massachusetts - 1947 Kittery, Maine. Known for: Marine, genre-frontier, mural.
John Prentiss Benson (1865-1947) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the second son in a prominent Salem family. Both John and his older brother Frank showed artistic promise at an early age. Frank... Read full biography
John Prentiss Benson (1865-1947) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the second son in a prominent Salem family. Both John and his older brother Frank showed artistic promise at an early age. Frank rather quickly acquired a reputation as an artist, while John, who was encouraged to pursue what was... Read full biography
John Prentiss Benson (1865-1947) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the second son in a prominent Salem family. Both John and his older brother Frank showed artistic promise at an early age. Frank rather quickly acquired a reputation as an artist, while John, who was encouraged to pursue what was then considered a more reliable career, chose architecture. After study in Paris in the early 1880s, he returned to the U.S. to practice his craft, designing homes, hospitals, schools and other public... Read full biography
John Prentiss Benson (1865-1947) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the second son in a prominent Salem family. Both John and his older brother Frank showed artistic promise at an early age. Frank rather quickly acquired a reputation as an artist, while John, who was encouraged to pursue what was then considered a more reliable career, chose architecture. After study in Paris in the early 1880s, he returned to the U.S. to practice his craft, designing homes, hospitals, schools and other public buildings. By the 1920s, his own creative reputation as an architect having been well established, John Benson put aside his drafting tools for good and turned at last to being the artist he had wanted to be since boyhood. In 1925 he and his wife... Read full biography
John Prentiss Benson (1865-1947) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the second son in a prominent Salem family. Both John and his older brother Frank showed artistic promise at an early age. Frank rather quickly acquired a reputation as an artist, while John, who was encouraged to pursue what was then considered a more reliable career, chose architecture. After study in Paris in the early 1880s, he returned to the U.S. to practice his craft, designing homes, hospitals, schools and other public buildings. By the 1920s, his own creative reputation as an architect having been well established, John Benson put aside his drafting tools for good and turned at last to being the artist he had wanted to be since boyhood. In 1925 he and his wife bought a home in Kittery, Maine. With Maine as his home base, he continued painting, full-time now, mostly marinescapes, but also lands... Read full biography
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Massachusetts / Ukraine, Russian Federation. 1884 - 1944
Genre, figure, landscape, still life
Massachusetts. 1928 - 2014
Still life, portrait, and landscape painting, teaching
Massachusetts. 1873 - 1919
Ship portrait and maritime view painting
Maine, Massachusetts. 1842 - 1909
Marine-ship portrait and genre painting
Massachusetts. 1879 - 1967
Marine-ship, wildlife, illustration
Canada, United Kingdom, Italy. Born 1935
Marine-sailing ship painting, sport
Massachusetts. 1857 - 1942
Coastal-urban landscape painting, etching, camouflage art
New Jersey. 1875 - 1951
Landscape, still life, figure
Massachusetts, New Hampshire / France. 1829 - 1915
Woodland landscape, genre, portrait and animal painting, teaching
Massachusetts. 1841 - 1919
Historical ships, sea-landscape
Massachusetts, Maine. Born 1948
Coastal landscape, still life and marine painting
Massachusetts, New York, Illinois. 1864 - 1931
Impressionist marine and shore-harbor views painting
Massachusetts. 1859 - 1952
Miniature floral, landscape and portrait painting, illustration
New Jersey. 1858 - 1937
Marine painting and yacht design
Massachusetts / United Kingdom. 1843 - 1916
Marine, sailing ship, figure, genre, animal and landscape painting
New York, Connecticut, Missouri. 1872 - 1955
Female figure sculpture, statuettes, painting
Massachusetts. 1854 - 1912
Sea-landscape, coastal views, marine, harbor views
Maine, New Hampshire. 1929 - 2015
Marine and landscape painting, illustration, miniatures
Maine, Massachusetts. 1864 - 1940
Marine, landscape, interior paintings, etchings, teaching
New York, Connecticut / France. 1858 - 1933
Painter-landscape, portrait, marine, teacher
Massachusetts, New York. 1864 - 1929
Plein air urban scene, marine and landscape painting
California, Maine / England. 1831 - 1915
Landscape, marine, and portrait painter, survey artist
Massachusetts. Born 1968
Impressionist landscape painting
Massachusetts, New York, Maine, Ohio. 1841 - 1916
Landscape-animal, genre, and still life painting
Massachusetts. 1850 - 1921
Marine-sailing ship painting
Maine, Massachusetts. Born 1963
Landscape, coastals, figure and interior painting
Massachusetts, New Hampshire. 1814 - 1889
Landscape, coastal, figure and allegorical painting
Massachusetts. 1871 - 1953
Landscape, genre and botanic painting
Massachusetts. 1903 - 1959
Street-landscape, marine and figure painting
Massachusetts. 1844 - 1915
Landscape with genre and coastal view painting
Maine, Massachusetts. 1880 - 1974
Landscape, coastal views, wood blocks; teacher